Multi-Billion Dollar Space Rock: Asteroid That Will Pass Earth on Feb. 15 Full of Valuable Metals
Officials with Deep Space Industries, a company that plans to mine asteroids for gold, platinum and other minerals, say the rock could contain $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.
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Billions of dollars in valuable metals is expected to go zipping by the Earth on Friday.
An asteroid the size of a cruise ship — 2012 DA14 — that will bypass our planet Feb. 15 could be worth almost $200 billion, according to prospective asteroid miners.
In relative space distances, the asteroid is cutting it close to Earth — 17,200 miles, or 15 minutes, from our planet. But miners say the asteroid's orbit makes it too difficult to chase down, according to a report posted by Fox News.
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Officials with Deep Space Industries, a company that plans to mine asteroids for gold, platinum and other minerals, say the rock could contain $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.
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