mo4ch:>Molecular diamonds & golden asteroids: Your guide to becoming a space trillionaire | Mo4ch News

There’s money to be made in the vast expanse of the universe. While at times posing a dire threat to our planet, asteroids are a source of untold wealth, ripe for the taking. Ready to become the first trillionaire? Here’s how.Three asteroids whizzed by Earth last week, with Armageddon averted only by a few hundred thousand miles. While they didn’t actually pose much danger, the cosmic near-misses may have been an opportunity for massive profit, according to NASA. As space travel becomes more technically feasible, mining operations among the stars could soon become a wildly lucrative industry.With a little luck – and a lot of capital – you, too, might get in on the action.Cosmic leftoversMostly composed of rock, metals and minerals, asteroids in the solar system are leftovers from its early days some 4.6 billion years ago, when it formed from an immense cloud of dust and gas.Our solar system contains up to 1.9 million asteroids larger than one 1 kilometer across (0.6 miles), with milli…