Doesnt suprise me as people have found meteorites that contained diamond. Didnt look anything like a raw diamond, looked more like a cookie sheet filled with burned marshmellows, but that alone told scientists that diamond could be fabricated into any shape you want. This will pave the way for diamond circuits and radios that just kick the crap out of anything we use today.
De Beers is already reported to be in the process of assembling an exploding rocket powered by burning poor Africans so they can head out there and mine it.
I'd be concerned. I watched that very episode of Doctor Who -- there's nothing really good that can come out of traveling to (or around) a planet made of diamonds.
I think Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords called this one...
When their manager Murray buys the band three stars, for $50 each, for their investment portfolio - he speculates that they could all move up there in 10 years' time...
Murray: "Imagine a planet full of coal. You get up there, oh my God, it's coal everywhere. Imagine how much that would be worth."
Bret: "What about a planet of, um, diamonds and rubies?"
Murray: "Well, it would be nice. A lot of things would be nice, Bret, particularly if they were real."
Ok, that sucked. What 1-4 said.
They promise it will only cost $5 to ship it to Seattle and there is no danger of it being stolen ...
When their manager Murray buys the band three stars, for $50 each, for their investment portfolio - he speculates that they could all move up there in 10 years' time...
Murray: "Imagine a planet full of coal. You get up there, oh my God, it's coal everywhere. Imagine how much that would be worth."
Bret: "What about a planet of, um, diamonds and rubies?"
Murray: "Well, it would be nice. A lot of things would be nice, Bret, particularly if they were real."
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