[HenryBemis]

I was thinking about "what have they found there?". I remember reading that the Central Bank of China was feversly buying Gold, and a few weeks ago they stopped all buying. Then this came to focus, and it made me think... did they find 100 tons of Gold up there, and they know that if they start bringing this in (on Earth) they price will plummet, and expect a massive sell-off in the next few weeks???

But then I do read and watch too much sci-fi!!

[bluish29]

I think it is very expensive way to acquire 100t of gold. It is cheaper to just buy or mine them from our planet.

[SaulGoogman]

In that case, this destination should be Venus, 'cos it's Chinese name is Gold Planet, if translated back to English literally.

[burnished]

No, absolutely not. I can't say future space mining isn't a consideration (a moonshot if you will) but the challenges are astronomical. First you have to setup a mining and refining operation in an incredibly hostile environment and then you need to ship it back. We just aren't there yet.