• Jupiter And Saturn May Be Rich In Diamonds
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[QUOTE]“Picture yourself in a boat on a river…” And make it a river of liquid hydrogen and helium deep within the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. You might not find a girl with kaleidoscope eyes, but you may very well find diamonds. According to new research, there may be an abundance of these precious gemstones swirling about in the skies of our solar system’s giant planets. Recent data compiled by planetary scientists Mona L. Delitsky of California Specialty Engineering in Pasadena, California, and Kevin H. Baines of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been combined with newly published pressure temperature diagrams of Jupiter and Saturn. These diagrams, known as adiabats, allow researchers to decipher at what interior level that diamond would become stable. They also allow for calculations at lower levels – regions where both temperature and pressure are so concentrated that diamond becomes a liquid. Imagine diamond rain… or rivulets of pure gemstone.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.universetoday.com/105420/jupiter-and-saturn-may-be-rich-in-diamonds/]Source[/url] Suddenly NASA's budget skyrockets. [editline]9th October 2013[/editline] Oh god I unintentionally made a pun
DeBeers Buy Jupiter And Saturn, Restrict All Future Space Travel, Citing "Trade Agreement"
Now we need a planet of gold!
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;42472820]DeBeers Buy Jupiter And Saturn, Restrict All Future Space Travel, Citing "Trade Agreement"[/QUOTE] Highly unlikely. There aren't any indigenous life forms to exploit.
From a resource standpoint diamond is pretty useful; even if we already have lots of the things on Earth already, a surplus of diamond would definitely be a plus. Sure it'd probably deflate the price and "perceived value" of diamond, but with the industrial applications of such a material, it'd probably be a bit of an industry bonus. Then again, the value would still likely be rather high for Jovian diamond, considering the cost involved in the creation and maintenance of mining vessels, the cost of cargo vessels transporting the processed diamond material, keeping the orbital station up to scratch, etc. But one bonus would be that fuel costs probably wouldn't be all that much of an issue since Jupiter and Saturn are pretty much made of hydrogen.
we need a planet rich in water oh wait.
[QUOTE=DChapsfield;42472828]Now we need a planet of gold![/QUOTE] we could just tow an asteroid made of platinum to orbit around here, then we could just build fuel-cell powered cars, people can have nice platinum grills, jostins rings would be cheap as fuck, and electronics could be made out of the stuff [editline]9th October 2013[/editline] you guys know that comercial grade diamonds =/= the stuff in the display cases, most if not all of comercial grade diamonds are made artificially because the ones in the ground tend to be not the right shape
If true I doubt this would affect price of diamonds since the supply are heavily controlled.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;42472747]But Earth is already (sort of) rich in diamonds, the prices just got hyper inflated by a greedy corporation.[/QUOTE] This. Diamonds are only expensive because the people that were mining them said they were, and for no other reason. The prices even went up, way up, after a fuck ton of mines opened up and made them common. Before the syndicates and whatnot, they were no more valuable than any other transparent rock
[QUOTE=Sableye;42473342] because the ones in the ground tend to be not the right shape[/QUOTE] They cut them into shape
Diamonds are forever
Sounds great, let's go.
Are there even a lot of other applications for diamonds other than jewelry?
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;42473778]Are there even a lot of other applications for diamonds other than jewelry?[/QUOTE] They're a pretty tough material. You can see them used in a bunch of industrial equipment. We have plenty on Earth, though - every wedding ring has one or two and there's thousands of pounds of the stuff sitting around. Saying that there are diamonds in Jupiter and Saturn is sort of stating the expected. You mean these ultra-high-pressure environments have a very common element in them? Whoa.
[QUOTE=DChapsfield;42472828]Now we need a planet of gold![/QUOTE] You mean oil Ha ha take that illuminati!
Treasure Planet...
Its cheaper to make diamonds than to go to Jupiter. Chemical vapor deposition is a fun process.
Breaking news: Diamond prices plummet as first manned mission reaches surface of Jupiter!
[QUOTE=Sableye;42473342]we could just tow an asteroid made of platinum to orbit around here, then we could just build fuel-cell powered cars, people can have nice platinum grills, jostins rings would be cheap as fuck, and electronics could be made out of the stuff [editline]9th October 2013[/editline] you guys know that comercial grade diamonds =/= the stuff in the display cases, most if not all of comercial grade diamonds are made artificially because the ones in the ground tend to be not the right shape[/QUOTE] The amount of "just" in your post shows that you don't really have any idea how difficult that is.
[QUOTE=DrDevil;42475057]The amount of "just" in your post shows that you don't really have any idea how difficult that is.[/QUOTE] You just lasso it and tie it to the hitch of the space shuttle, gosh.
[QUOTE=Riller;42475048]Breaking news: Diamond prices plummet as first manned mission reaches surface of Jupiter![/QUOTE] Breaking news: everyone on board dies because Jupiter has no solid surface
[QUOTE=Blazyd;42475361]Breaking news: everyone on board dies because Jupiter has no solid surface[/QUOTE] I thought that was the joke?
Didn't Arthur C Clarke call this years ago?
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;42474298]Its cheaper to make diamonds than to go to Jupiter. Chemical vapor deposition is a fun process.[/QUOTE] im doing that right now....
If America can go to war for oil. They sure can jump start the space age for diamonds.
TREASURE PLANET MOTHER FUCKERS
[QUOTE=Dacheet;42472712] Suddenly NASA's budget skyrockets. [/QUOTE] The oligopoly of De Beers and such do not want new supply of diamonds because they are already doing what they can to keep the prices high, diamonds aren't as rare as their price lets you understand. These are the guys from whose marketing first stemmed ideas like "A wedding ring must have a diamond", "The diamond must cost a months salary" and "Diamonds are heirlooms and should not be sold forward (except by us)".
[QUOTE=Falchion;42475943]"A wedding ring must have a diamond".[/QUOTE] Fuck that shit. If I ever get married (highly unlikely) I'll just get two oversized Cheerios.
[QUOTE=DrDevil;42475057]The amount of "just" in your post shows that you don't really have any idea how difficult that is.[/QUOTE] its actually kinda easy.... stick a sliver of real diamond and graphite into [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Beltpress.gif[/t] then wait a few days, and voila, a few lbs of diamond powder
[QUOTE=Atlascore;42472747]But Earth is already (sort of) rich in diamonds, the prices just got hyper inflated by a greedy corporation.[/QUOTE] That was one awesome inflation, a truly genius move.
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