The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
rt.com
rt.com
The annual mining of gold is about 3000 tons. In a very optimistic scenario, let's assume a weekly rocket with 20 tons of gold, that increase the annual production in 1000 tons. Probably enough to reduce the prize, but not to $0.
Anyway, the article is probably too optimistic.
It's not like modern currency is pegged to gold.
And exploiting the asteroid might make people billionaires, but would also generate hyperinflation, if currency was pegged to gold.
Much more likely to make a handful of people quadrillionaires and the rest of us slightly more bitter.