May 27: SpaceX and NASA Set Date for First Manned USA Launch in 9 Years

This is rather lengthy but if you'll jump to the 10 minute mark and listen to the next couple of minutes, you may be as stunned as I. Bill Whittle mentions an asteroid that passed by Earth not long ago that contained platinum. He doesn't tell us how we knew this or how we knew the value, but let's allow that to slide a moment. Imagine, just imagine it was true and it was worth $5 Trillion (that's 5,000 million). Imagine then a billion dollar mission to retrieve it (keep in mind that, as Whittle mentions) it's a lot easier bringing something down than sending it up. Imagine then the profit. Elon Musk could become a trillionaire at that time. I'd love to invest in SpaceX but, alas, it's not a publicly held company. That's right. It's private, all Elon Musk's...