Those interested in astronomy are awaiting the news of the NASA space agency, as it contains surprises and strange things, but it seems that NASA has announced something that concerns all the inhabitants of the Earth.
This time, it is regarding NASA’s readiness to study a huge asteroid that contains a lot of precious metals.
Those minerals that are worth more than the world economy.
A US space agency probe will leave for the space rock called “16 Psyche” next August.
According to Sky News, it is expected that the value of the minerals contained in the asteroid will be 10,000 quadrillion dollars (a number equal to one million billion).
By comparison, the global economy is currently worth regarding $84.5 trillion.
16 Psyche might have enough gold to make all humans billionaires.
However, NASA’s mission in 2022 does not plan to extract gold from the asteroid but wants to study it.
Asteroid «16 Psyche»
Scientists want to know exactly what it is made of and how much it really is worth.
The mission will be the first visit by NASA to a metallic asteroid, so far, “16 Psyche” has been studied from afar by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Most of the things we know regarding him are estimates, according to the British newspaper, The Sun.
Scientists say that Psyche 16 is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and they believe it is made of a solid metal.
The width of this giant rock, which takes the form of a potato, is regarding 140 miles.
Its brightness indicates that it is composed largely of nickel, iron or gold.
Asteroid exploration mission to reach 2026
NASA’s discovery mission is expected to reach the asteroid in 2026.
He is believed to be a survivor of violent interplanetary collisions that spread when the solar system was forming.
This means that it can tell us how the core of the Earth and the cores of other planets formed.
NASA wants to determine its exact composition, and NASA’s spacecraft must also map the asteroid and determine its age.
The current plan is to launch one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets in collaboration with NASA this summer.
