"Paul Blay" wrote in message ...
According to randomme Google search there's 382 kg of moon rock on
Earth - which _isn't_ for sale. Just how fast do you think the purported
"$5 million" for a few grams will drop if 20 kg are dropped on the market?
If that 20 is doubled to 40 it is far from guaranteed that the _value_ will
also double.

Of course the price will be much lower when there is a real supply.
I think we could go from a million per gram to a thousand per gram
real fast. Random meteors sell for around $100/gram. When you
sell moon rocks you could include a video of when you picked them
up, so I think they will always be worth more than meteors. Imagine
that one company using tethers has sent back 2,000 Kg and that another
company using all chemical rockets has sent back 20 Kg, which one
do you wish you had shares in?

If you actually got $1,000/gram for 2,000 Kg that would be
$2 bil. So even $250/gram and $500 mil might not be bad
for the tether guy. But that price would clearly bankrupt
the non-tether guy.

-- Vince