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Nicholas Begich: “There's a couple of asteroids that are reported to have, uh…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Live with Nick Begich for U.S. Congress

Published | Video Starts at 17:42

So the first one to mine asteroids would collapse the. The economy with all the gold pouring in. So that's actually, you know, that's actually true. There's. There's a. There's a couple of asteroids that are reported to have, uh, quadrillions in gold, silver, iron, nickel, and other assets out there. And you can figure that out. I mean, Elon Musk, as wild as it seems for, for some folks, look, this guy is pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible. (17:42–17:51)

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Asserts that some asteroids are reported to contain quadrillions in valuable metals and assets.

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