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http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-discover-planet-made-diamond-180427124.html

horey shit they found a pranet made of diamond

>> No.3637452

It's actually a sun made of diamond. Now we just need to crash it into a sun made of dragonforce

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>>3637452


A sun you say? And a diamond?

>> No.3637490

time to pull out of africa

>> No.3637498

>implying diamonds are really even worth anything

At least gold can be an awesome conductor

>> No.3637508

Call me when Diamond actually has industrial use. I don't need a star sized diamond ring

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>>3637498
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%286178%29_1986_DA
>Asteroid 1986 DA achieved its most notable recognition when scientists revealed that it contained over "10,000 tons of gold and 100,000 tons of platinum", or an approximate value at the time of its discovery of "$90 billion for the gold and a cool trillion dollars for the platinum, plus loose change for the asteroid's 10 billion tons of iron and a billion tons of nickel."[3]

>> No.3637540

>>3637536

WHY HAVENT WE STARTED NEO MINING

>> No.3637541

>>3637508
1. Mine a huge block of this diamond planet.
2. Carve it into the hull of a space vessel.
3. ???
4. Profit!

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>>3637508 Diamond actually has industrial use
Well, I'm stumped.

>> No.3637549

>>3637542

Touche

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>>3637540
No one has stepped up with a profitable asteroid mining proposal that could incorporate today's technologies. I reckon it can be done, relatively cheaply too.

>> No.3637552

>>3637540
The value of most of this stuff is driven by scarcity. Gold/platinum/diamond wouldn't be worth shit if it was abundant and readily available.

>> No.3637553

>>3637542

Would Carbon nanotubes work on a rocksaw?

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>>3637552
Good. Plunge the price as much as possible.

>> No.3637557

>>3637552

Which is why all the mining companies should start investing in Space Cargo ship designs. Whoever can breing the most material back to earth the fastest would sell the most ships.

>> No.3637559

>>3637498

Diamonds are great for cutting shit, that and they are energy crystals that you can use for natural healing. If we mine there we will be able to channel our chakras and reach a plain that the indigo children are on.

>> No.3637562

>>3637552

Implying oil isn't abundant and it is worth a lot. Implying water doesn't cost money.

>> No.3637563

>>3637552
using that logic, then the europeans shouldn't have come to america to take all the gold and silver. they don't actually gain any wealth, right? finding more gold and silver just decreases the price of the current supply and you always break even?

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>>3637536
>implying it's value wouldn't drop very low

>> No.3637570

>>3637559
>they are energy crystals that you can use for natural healing.
0/10

>> No.3637607

>>3637562
Oil and water are both in high demand.

What the fuck would you do with a Jupiter mass of diamonds?