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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Marcury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:59:26 GMT
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On a sunny day (Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:46:32 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <ik9iaj9g0jp202thk66cgaeh0d24j380af@4ax.com>:

>On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:46:45 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
>> https://www.space.com/mercury-diamond-layer-10-miles-thick-nasa-messenger#main
>>
>>Now there is an incentive to go!
>
>Diamond, like gold, is valuable because it's rare. Accessing cubic
>miles of diamonds would trash its value.
>

Sure, but the first sample return will pay for itself.
And marketing those as 'the first Mercury diamonds' may help too.
NASA always asking for more budget.. there you go!
Few consumers want moon dust...

I know moon rocks was a big business.. Some got stolen and resold,
guy got caught.