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Re:Hubble Telescope Captures a Rare Asteroid Worth 70k Times... by ip26 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:28PM (#26611634)
It seems impossible to predict. The reason the price would not go to zero would be that, at the new lower price point, newly viable applications are found. What will these applications be? We can only guess.
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Re:Hubble Telescope Captures a Rare Asteroid Worth 70k Times... by Buttons840 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:49PM (#26611834)
What are the properties of Nickel? Would we have Nickel pipes and faucets, and Nickel covered cars?
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Re:Hubble Telescope Captures a Rare Asteroid Worth 70k Times... by clord on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:28PM (#26612833)
We already do. Several grades of stainless steel use a lot of nickel, and these are used in many applications. Also it is quite expensive which prevents it from being used generally.
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