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Why not? capture the asteroid. Put it in a secure compound, release 1/100th the minerals per year for 100 yrs as a form of multigenerational wealth for the fami
by maerF0x0 4y ago
Why not? capture the asteroid. Put it in a secure compound, release 1/100th the minerals per year for 100 yrs as a form of multigenerational wealth for the families that own it?
Or if you disagree with the fraction consider a different fraction like 1000th, 10000th etc... At some point it could both make someone extremely wealthy and not immediately destroy the price (as supply increases and the price decreases, we'll also find new uses like nickel based paper towels or studs for homes)
Edit: ok joke's on me that I missed some important details like diameter and velocity. But the general point applies -- meter the release into the market to not completely saturate the market or depreciate the value.
- arcticbull 4y agoI mean at that point it’s just going to get taken from you lol
- time0ut 4y agoUntil the board/investors demand revenue increases...
- withinboredom 4y ago"capture the asteroid" ohhh, you meant I should have stopped it from entering Earth's atmosphere at 0.1c?
- chongli 4y agoSecure compound? Good luck with that. The asteroid is 140 miles in diameter. For comparison, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was less than 10 miles in diameter. There’s no way you could bring the entire thing down to Earth without causing another extinction event. You’d have to keep it in orbit and at that point it’s anybody’s game.
- z3t4 4y agoHow can you own an Asteroid though? You land a probe on it you own it?