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1. I'd have to assign a big-ass confidence interval to any such "estimates"

Wed May 16, 2012, 04:01 PM

May 2012

seeing as they were produced w/out either physical samples or actual asteroid mining technology.

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The Most Profitable Asteroid Is… [View all] pokerfan May 2012 OP

I'd have to assign a big-ass confidence interval to any such "estimates" phantom power May 2012 #1

And you have to pay the Marshall jakeXT May 2012 #2

253 Mathilde is pretty cool sofa king May 2012 #3

It seems to me... laconicsax May 2012 #4

If we brought that much gold and precious metals back to Earth NickB79 May 2012 #5

If the prices were strictly a matter of supply and demand, yes. n/t laconicsax May 2012 #6

Why bother? FogerRox May 2012 #7