Orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, Psyche is significant because its composition is estimated to be between thirty and sixty percent metallic, whereas other asteroids are made up of mostly rock and ice. This means Psyche could have been the core of an ancient planetesimal: potentially offering clues to what the core of Earth looks like.
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NASA has already launched a mission to examine the asteroid up close. During its orbit, The Psyche Satellite will take crucial measurements to determine the exact composition of the Asteroid Psyche!
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The context of this project is within a future mission to Psyche, one with a new objective: to mine the asteroid.
With the vast amount of metallic material on its surface, Psyche is a prime candidate for harvesting metal.
Our objective is to use this metal in the additive manufacturing process to produce components for future space exploration missions.
With success, future missions could explore much further into space because the asteroid could serve as a reloading site on the way to deep space!
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