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Why NASA Wants To Mine An Asteroid Full Of Precious Metals Worth $700 Quintillion | Mach | NBC News
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as posted by the channelFor the first time, NASA is planning a mission to explore an asteroid. The space rock, 16 Psyche, is full of potentially valuable precious metals like gold and platinum, but that's not why they're going.
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