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Why NASA plans to launch research in 2022 apparatus to Psyche – the mysterious object of the Main asteroid belt our solar system? And this despite the fact that this flight it will last until 2027, and the very stay of the probe in orbit of Psyche take at least twenty months. With this guide NASA does not even disclose the budget of such a space mission, and he should be considerable and justify it one hundred percent.
And the answer to all these questions, experts say, lies with surfaces: Psyche – just a “golden” asteroid. Despite, that in size it is not more than one percent of the mass Moons, minerals in the form of gold, nickel and so on as according to the portal Oil Price, are estimated at almost a thousand quintillion american dollars. To make this figure more understandable, let’s say that such an amount divided by all earthlings, would make everyone a billionaire.
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Another thing is that any gold, even in such a huge amount, It will not bring people neither prosperity nor happiness, rather the opposite. Вin this case, the boundless and free energy, but … the world elite, like the richest people of America, their plans.
According to the founder of the British company Asteroid Mining Mitch Hunter-Skullion, today around 140 mined in the world tons of gold, but these volumes are minuscule compared to space opportunities for the extraction of precious metals, especially since Earth’s gold resources are running out. That’s why Asteroid Mining plans to start mining the most valuable minerals by 2030 in space.
Asteroid mining programs developed (initially purely theoretically) for a long time, but over the years they are becoming bolder and more real. Experts say that in five years the annual costs for such purposes will be achieved hundreds of billions of dollars. And the main belt of asteroids, including Psyche, in this regard, only a small part of all these ambitious plans.
Moreover, today it’s not customary to talk about it out loud, that’s why NASA is preparing a space mission for Psyche as research, supposedly only deeper to study the formation of our solar system. Throw away such huge funds for this when the US economy is literally bursting at the seams, just right …
But what about Mars and the moon?
But what about the Moon, where did Mars “get lost”? Everybody is here also very clear from a commercial point of view. So, ESA at the beginning this year has already signed a contract with Ariane Group on a joint flight to the moon in 2025. The goal is the extraction of regolith (fuel for spacecraft). Japan, in particular iSpace, preparing to launch similar research vehicles on Selena already next year, and by 2030 to begin to actively exploit The moon as a source of useful resources. Do not lag behind here and other space powers, including Russia and China.
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But asteroids in this regard, experts say, are simpler in development, and more valuable in their wealth (large selection), and, most importantly, even in the matter of clashing with the interests of aliens here much less contact than on the same moon, not to mention Mars, which, quite possibly, is still inhabited (Martian cities, apparently, are hidden deep inside the planet), and therefore a more advanced civilization is unlikely to tolerate earthly colonists.
However, not everything is so pessimistic with respect to Mars. For example, NASA plans to land in a crater in February 2021. Gesero of the Red Planet its new rover (its launch is planned July 17, 2020). And today every earthling who has The Internet can watch how this construction goes (video below) since in the SAF where Mars 2020 is going to be led by John MacNamy, a webcam is installed (work starts here every weekday at 8am Pacific Time), working around the clock.
And although, as experts say, it is small and very quiet assembly workshop JPL (even in terms of the fact that the sound to the camera is not connected), sometimes you can see something really interesting, so be sure to drop by …
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