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kashkhan
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There’s Big Money to Be Made in Asteroid Mining
how much platinum is there in the earth's core?
$ 100 million per ounce is hardly grounds for a gold rush to the asteroid belt.
InclinedPlane
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The Platinum in the Earth's core is not accessible, not even a little bit, not even with orders of magnitude improvements in technology.
idlewords
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Not with that kind of attitude!
pitaj
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The platinum in the Earth's core and lower crust is inaccessible. The pressures and temperatures down there are much too high. Compare that to a cold, light asteroid, and you'll see the big picture.
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$ 100 million per ounce is hardly grounds for a gold rush to the asteroid belt.