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The Value of an Asteroid Belt

NASA says it's under 100 days away from launching a spacecraft to study an asteroid. The ore on the asteroid has been estimated to be worth about 10 quintillion dollars. If this 10 quintillion dollar asteroid crashed into Earth immediately, the per capita GDP of the entire world with just about double. And speaking of the humanity on the show today, it's an end twin tag.

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