# Lindy Elkins-Tanton Topic: [[Topics/Science Fiction Possibilities/Science Fiction Possibilities|Science Fiction Possibilities]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** planetary scientist and principal investigator of NASA's Psyche mission; lead author of the 2023 *AGU Advances* post-launch summary ([doi](https://doi.org/10.1029/2023av001077)), which puts Psyche at 30–55 vol.% metal. - **Mission:** Psyche launched Oct 2023 ◻; arrival expected 2029 ◻. ## Role in this topic - Her team's numbers are the check on the video's "single metal-rich asteroid" claim (claim 4): true for Psyche-sized bodies.