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Even with iron ore prices diving, NASA fast tracks mission to $10,000 quadrillion asteroid

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2017 | 10:15 am Base Metals Battery Metals Energy Precious Metals Asia Europe Coal Gold Iron Ore Lead Nickel Palladium Platinum Potash Rare Earth Silver Uranium Zinc 

While many still see space mining as science fiction, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is fast tracking its planned mission to 16 Psyche — an iron ore and nickel rich asteroid, worth roughly $10,000 quadrillion. To put that value into...

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