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What is a single asteroid worth?

Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining startup, calculated that 1 platinum-rich asteroid of 500 meters holds nearly 175 times earth's annual platinum output. That is the wildcard in my $5 trillion: the day the first asteroid metals land on earth, the mining slice stops being a forecast and becomes a commodity market.

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