Hello Listers Ever wonder how much an asteroid would yield in profit, gold, platinum, o2, hydrogen? Well a website called http://www.asterank.com/ has done that.
There are over 600,000 asteroids and counting that are listed on the website, where one can categorize in value, profit, or accessibility. Germania is value at $100 trillion with estimated value return to be around $97 trillion. However, Germania is located 3.3 AU, so the distance can be a factor, but once technology improves, asteroids will have endless supplies of natural resources. Lastly, There has been talks that by 2014, there will be asteroid hunting space crafts in orbit. Now in 20 to 30 year, will meteors coming into Earths atmosphere and impacting with the Earth be the thing of the past? What will that do to meteorite collecting and will prices increase or decrease because the average joe can go to the local Walmart and pick up a rock kit with over 5 pounds of rock from space? Or will it make the meteorite a rare commodified object, more or less a reminder of what once was a common occurrence but now is story left told in the history books, and meteorites will be view a relics and controlled artifact? Only time will tell :) But til then, check out http://www.asterank.com/ and plan your next expedition to an asteroid :) Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html http://meteoritefalls.com/ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
