Diamond planet
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:53 pm
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Re: Dimond planet
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:59 pm
Sounds like an ideal place to mine... what would I do with all that money?
Re: Dimond planet
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:17 am
heh, Slartibartfast must have made that one. Cricket anyone? 
A book I read decades ago postulated that a starship whose hull was made from solid diamond could withstand the stresses of near light speed travel(99.9%+). Now we know where to find it and when we are capable of travelling thousands of light years to get it we will probably be ready for it.
A book I read decades ago postulated that a starship whose hull was made from solid diamond could withstand the stresses of near light speed travel(99.9%+). Now we know where to find it and when we are capable of travelling thousands of light years to get it we will probably be ready for it.
Re: Dimond planet
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:04 pm
Gimi wrote:
pssst... heading... dimond..
a former star it seems.. uhmmm wonder how the gravity around a diamond star carcass would be, very strong i presume..
Re: Dimond planet
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:47 pm
Frame wrote:pssst... heading... dimond..
Re: Diamond planet
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:54 pm
I think Arthur C Clark postulates in one of the 2001+ books (2010 I think) that the original carbon in Jupiter's atmosphere would have eventually reached the centre of the planet and been compressed into a diamond the size of the Earth - I thought it was a nice idea but dismissed it - but I heard Brian Cox repeat the concept recently in an interview...
Re: Diamond planet
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:54 am