Diamond Planet

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:26 pm

Read this; The Diamond Planet. This is going to escalate engagement ring demands astronomically!

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:48 pm

Or more up the Module's alley (as Mike said elsewhere): "Think about it. Diamond planet might mean a liquid diamond core."

Tiny Deev · Post by **Tiny Deev** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:12 am

Astronomically. I see what you did there.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:19 am

I've been thinking a lot about this, and I just can't figure out why we don't send an unmanned mission to this place, just because it's so awesome, and it's really not that far away.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:17 pm

3278 wrote:I've been thinking a lot about this, and I just can't figure out why we don't send an unmanned mission to this place, just because it's so awesome, and it's really not that far away.

Err, it's 4,000 light-years.

paladin2019 · Post by **paladin2019** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:48 pm

Salvation122 wrote:
3278 wrote:I've been thinking a lot about this, and I just can't figure out why we don't send an unmanned mission to this place, just because it's so awesome, and it's really not that far away.
Err, it's 4,000 light-years.

Right. It's not really that far away.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:22 pm

Yeah, that's really close. I would say that, to a first approximation, everything in the universe is further away than that!

Okay, so I was remembering it being closer. We could probably afford to wait another few years, then.