[meteorite-list] Friday Thoughts
From: Kevin Kichinka <marsrox_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0600 Message-ID: <CANDn_7FWf0pE-tCD2Wusn+5xfAZXYn_OZ67W7o9v1rd8KMkYxQ_at_mail.gmail.com> Team Meteorite: Ron Baalke just posted a news article regarding 'mining asteroids'. Here's a quote: "Platinum-group metals, or PGMs, are among the most valuable (and most talked about) resources that asteroids could yield. The price of platinum is currently just a bit less than the price of gold - about $1,520 per ounce. Anderson said a single 500-meter-wide (quarter-mile-wide) asteroid could contain more platinum than has been mined during the history of humanity. Planetary Resources is looking at a process that would turn the extracted platinum into 220-pound, 7-foot-wide "wiffleballs" of foamed metal that could be sent down through the atmosphere without breaking up. The balls would hit the ground at a velocity of about 60 mph." This makes me wonder..... - what government entity will permit 220 lb. spheres of metal to rain down on their population and, - how come we haven't recovered any platinum-rich meteorites? Kevin Kichinka Rio del Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com 'The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2013' Marsrox at gmail.com Received on Fri 05 Apr 2013 05:02:26 PM PDT |
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