The spacecraft, with which bankers want to master space bodies, will cost at least $ 2.6 billion.
The 98-page memo, drawn up by Goldman Sachs, says mining precious metals on asteroids in the near future is "realistic".
It is curious that not some large mining company came up with new plans for the development of asteroids, but the largest bank on Wall Street. Since bankers do not like to invest in risky ventures, it can be concluded that the industrial exploration of space bodies is either reliable or very profitable. The potential reliability and profitability of asteroid exploration is confirmed by the words of a Goldman Sachs representative, who said at a press conference that only a "psychological" barrier stops mankind from mining in space.
The spacecraft that "captures" the asteroid could cost, according to the Caltech Institute, about $ 2.6 billion. The amount, of course, is rather big, but it pales in comparison with what an asteroid can bring, which consists of hundreds and thousands of tons of platinum and other precious metals and very valuable minerals. Of course, it is extremely difficult to make accurate calculations, writes the Daily Mail, but, according to experts, we can talk about billions, and about quadrillion dollars!
The 98-page memo, drawn up by Goldman Sachs, says mining precious metals on asteroids in the near future is "realistic".