Looks Like Arthur C Clarke Got One Right!
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Posted on: 2011-08-26 11:05 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I just wonder how many bars of gold-pressed Latinium or Triganic Pu a white dwarf sized diamond would be worth. 
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With what do you mine the diamonds?
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Really resilient robots if its that close to a neutron star. They should call this planet Lucy! |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
With what do you mine the diamonds?
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Huh....according to this they already did with another diamond in the sky.
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Heh, that's the codename for the mountain made of diamond in Clarke's 2061. Of course, one has to wonder how the planet size diamond measures in quality. Clarity and color and all that. I wonder if one could "see through" it.
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Originally Posted by Innovator
Really resilient robots if its that close to a neutron star. They should call this planet Lucy!
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Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
What if that diamond planet turn brass?
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Related news: Sharon Osbourne seen buying shares in Virgin Galactic. :P
Arthur C got an awful lot more right in his life, including comm sats and the missing neutrino theory (though vacuum energy seems to be a lot closer, thankfully, than the 3000ish deadline posted in my current read Songs of Distant Earth... and when do we get Quantum Drive?)
Is it time for the dance of joy yet?
I still hope Arthur C Clarke ends up being right about space elevators. Space elevators are the coolest idea Mr Clarke as ever introduced me to.
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Hopefully with seas of fire
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
What if that diamond planet turn brass?
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Saw this article the other day. Can't say that I'm surprised that something like this actually exists. Seems logical.
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Is that the sound of a lot of women suddenly wanting to build spaceships?
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Carbon nanotubes may yet make this a reality. Sure it may be hundreds of years before it happens, but theoretically speaking it's at least within the realm of possibility. It's technically more "realistic" than warp drives and transporters at any rate. |
Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
I still hope Arthur C Clarke ends up being right about space elevators. Space elevators are the coolest idea Mr Clarke as ever introduced me to.
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I'm speaking, of course, about giant diamonds.
I know, The Core makes reference to them as well... but that movie sucked!
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