Matt Gialich

It's kind of comical, right?

It's like the science center going on there to some extent.

And we study the shell, right?

We put them under what's called XRF or X-wave fluorescence and get samples from them.

We have an electron microscope with another technology that allows us to understand composition.

We use all the time on them.

and we really try to break down their structures and see what's on them.

Now, when we talk about asteroids, to be very clear, I'm not talking about all asteroids.

I'm only talking about a small percentage of what we think is out there, which is about 5% that we believe to be these special type of asteroids called metal asteroids.

So the real job of Astroforge is not, do they exist?

We know they exist because they hit the planet all the time.

We have a good example or concentration of where we think they are in the universe.

In fact, NASA is sending a mission to one right now called the Psyche mission.

It's a fucking awesome mission.

Wait, what is that?

Psyche 16 is a main belt, large, believed to be M-type asteroid.

And NASA, about a year and a half ago, launched a mission to Psyche 16 called the Psyche Mission.

It's on its way right now.

I believe it gets there in about a year and a half from now.

And we'll get our first images and spectral data from a direct orbiting metal asteroid.