NASA successfully launched a probe headed for an asteroid that may be worth $10 quintillion.
The space agency successfully launched a probe Friday morning, carried by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Altogether, estimates have valued 16 Psyche's ore at around $10 quintillion.
Under the 2015 US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, private firms have a legal right to materials extracted from outer-world bodies, and startups have taken off as a result.
AdvertisementAdvertisementMeanwhile, other high-value asteroids exist in the Main Asteroid Belt, which collectively could be valued at $700 quintillion.
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