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NASA finds ’16 Psyche’ gold asteroid worth more than $10 trillion

NASA finds ’16 Psyche’ gold asteroid worth more than $10 trillion, more than the world’s GDP combined.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA has released data on the discovery. “Asteroid 16 Psyche” orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Despite being just one of the many asteroids in this orbit, 16 Psyche is unique from other asteroids. It is a mass that is packed with valuable metal ores, especially “gold ores”, as well as iron, and nickel.

With the size of the asteroid 16 Psyche, with a diameter of 225 kilometers, the available mineral is valued. This is estimated to be worth about $10 trillion on the human planet and more than the GDP of the world’s population combined. (According to data from the World Bank, our global GDP is $85.6 trillion.)

In the future, NASA has revealed that There are plans to send a shuttle to explore the asteroid 16 Psyche within the next year. which in addition to exploring the enormous value of metal within and may find the secret of the birth of various planets, including Earth. As planned, NASA aims to The shuttle will be sent out by August 2022, but with a software malfunction. and problems Instead, the plan was postponed to October 2023. No spacecraft has yet been officially named for the mission. Just know that this mission will use SpaceX’s Falcon launch vehicle, which if this mission is expected. NASA spacecraft will reach 16 Psyche in August 2029.

The project is part of a new NASA program. to perform low-cost robotic exploration missions (Low-Cost Robotic Discovery Programme). is to focus on exploring new interesting asteroids, such as this 16 Psyche, because in the past We often come across some icy asteroids. It’s a bit of a rock, but for 16 Psyche it’s stuffed with metal. And it’s probably a piece of a dead planet.

Reference from: NASA / BBC / Beartai BRIEF