Heavy Metal in Space - The Psyche Mission with Lindy Elkins-Tanton

16 Psyche, one of the largest, is extremely dense in metals, making it unique. Is the 140-mile giant the leftover core of a failed planet or a more recent gravitational accretion of metal-rich bodies? Will it help us to understand how metallic cores—that that of Earth—form and function? NASA's sending a spacecraft, also called Pysche, to find out. The mission is led by Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, who joins Rod and bestselling author Daniel Suarez