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From: 002@pnet16.cts.com (J.W.Cupp Lcdr/Usn)
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Subject: Re: Excavating (minig) gold in the space by NASA.
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kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
>}>>>Today's Washington Post reports that an asteroid has been found orbiting the
>>}>>>Sun at a distance of about 20 million miles from Earth (closest point).  It
>>}>>>apparently contains 10000 tons of gold and 100000 tons of platinum, as well
>>}>>>as 10 billion tons of iron and 1 billion tons of nickel.  Its estimated
You know, this is the old problem.  Part of gold's value is its rarity.  If
somehow an inexhaustable supply could be located and exploited, then
everyone's gold would become worth much less than it is now.  (Its primary
inherent value is from its electrical properties.)
                                     J. W. Cupp 
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