Earth-buzzing Asteroid Would Be Worth $195B If We Could Catch It 265
coondoggie writes "The asteroid NASA says is about the half the size of a football field that will blow past Earth on Feb 15 could be worth up to $195 billion in metals and propellant. That's what the scientists at Deep Space Industries, a company that wants to mine these flashing hunks of space materials, thinks the asteroid known as 2012 DA14 is worth — if they could catch it."
Re-position the Planet (Score:5, Funny)
Re-position the Planet. We could catch it full in the face. How much would it be worth then?
Doggy Dollars.... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure that's the same thought my neighbors dog has while it is chasing the cars passing by.
NASA said.. (Score:5, Funny)
"The impact of a 50-meter asteroid is not cataclysmic--unless you happen to be underneath it, NASA said."
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this statement.
Meh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Space mining ROI - fuel (Score:5, Funny)
It's space so there is no vapor...
I misunderstood (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who owns the asteroid? (Score:4, Funny)
Did the US Senate ratify the outer space treaty?
How many spaceships has the UN got to enforce the provisions of this treaty?
They could just rent space on a Russian rocket. Sound famillier?
What luck! (Score:4, Funny)
And a project to capture and safely retrieving the asteroid could be as cheap as $200B.
Re:Re-position the Planet (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, I hate how people from all over the world think that the capital of the United States is a more relevant use for the word "Washington" than one of the 50 states which shares its name! Those people suck!