Cap'n Refsmmat Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm According to astronomers, a large shrinking star crystallized, and turned to diamond. It is 1 * 10^34 carats, and about 50 light years away. What would happen if they sent a robotic space probe over (with extremely high speeds, over c) and took a chunk out? "Space Diamonds!" You could sell it for millions(no, billions) of dollars!
Neurocomp2003 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 the problem would then be ....whose is it? the US governments? the company that mines it? UN?
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted February 17, 2004 Author Posted February 17, 2004 I dunno, but they would need lots of cash. But they would get it back selling the diamonds.
greg1917 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 When it says mostly carbon, surely there are lots of other elements mixed in with it? Carbon isnt the only element created from stars. And the current high price for diamonds is only caused by their being rare. if we were able to mine diamonds on the scale you're suggesting, any attempt to sell them would instantly see their value completely disappear because now supply has gone through the roof and demand has dropped like a stone.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted February 17, 2004 Author Posted February 17, 2004 Sell them at high cost! They're "space diamonds!"
3rd Enigma Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 But think of the scientific possibilities. Forget the value of the diamond, there could be new technologies made from this stuff.
psi20 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 I read a science fiction book by Arthur Clarke--I think it's The Space Odyssey or something-- about Jupiter's core becoming diamond.
JaKiri Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 psi20 said in post # :I read a science fiction book by Arthur Clarke--I think it's The Space Odyssey or something-- about Jupiter's core becoming diamond. 2061.
Neurocomp2003 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 IT would be funny if the diamond value dropped, considering this planet is 50 ly and it takes 1billion+ to send the rovers to mars.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted February 17, 2004 Author Posted February 17, 2004 820 million, actually. The value WOULD drop! If it's not scarce, why pay so much for it?
Fluent in Lies Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 surely planets form spheres due to their rotation?
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