The Post-Partisan Emporium

In the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, there is an almost unfathomable amount of resources waiting to be utilized. As Statista's Martin Armstrong details below,  according to data from  Wired and Valerio Pellegrini ,  the asteroid 'Davida', which has a diameter of 326 kilometers, has been identified as the  most valuable asteroid  in the belt, with a resource value estimated to be some 27 quintillion (26,990,000,000,000,000,000) U.S. dollars. It is a carbonaceous chondrite asteroid, and contains water, nickel, iron, cobalt, nitrogen, ammonia, and hydrogen. You will find more infographics at  Statista June 30 marked  Asteroid Day , a UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign with the mission "to inspire, engage and educate the public about asteroids opportunities and risks."  While the risks to Earth and all life on it are clearly not to be disregarded, the potential to increase the resources at mankind's disposal - and reap the fin...