Huge Diamond Found in Space

[Robert Maxwell]

Yeah, but we'd have noticed a 4000km wide diamond by now, I think.

You're right, though. Most debris that threatens us is from our Oort Cloud. Not too much stuff really comes in from outside, as far as I know.

 

[Christopher]

scotthm said:
But wouldn't that protect you for just that one orbit? If an asteroid barely misses you one year, won't it likely be a threat for sometime in the future?

No. Even if it is orbiting the Sun rather than just passing through, it's not going to be orbiting in the exact same length of time it takes the Earth to orbit, or an exact multiple thereof, so it's not going to pose the same danger every single year. The odds of an asteroid being on a collision course with the Earth are tiny, which is why we don't get hit very often. If an asteroid's orbit is ever going to intersect the Earth's, it'll be a fluke alignment that happens only once. Divert it from that impact, and it won't pose a problem again. The odds of that diversion somehow putting it on a course that endangers the Earth again in the near future are ridiculously tiny. You'd have a better chance of winning the lottery every week for a lifetime.

 

[Meredith]

Santa`s Skutter said:

TerriO said:

Christopher said:

MIB said:
^Hell, I can do you one better. We can actually manufacture flawless diamonds that are, in every way, identicle to "natural" diamonds.

Oh, sure, that goes without saying. Just another reason why the whole business about the preciousness of diamonds is just PR drummed up by the diamond industry.

I'm assuming you have some kind of source for these allegations?

It may not be one of those things that's widely reported but I believe it's quite well documented. I saw documentaries about how a guy found a big diamond vein in his private property and they tried to have him barred from selling or exploiting it himself because they're careful about how many diamonds they supply per year to keep the price high, and if he started to supply them it could half the price of diamonds in no time.

Also there is an Ex-millitary guy in Florida that makes Synthetic Diamonds who has received vague threats on his life because of his work. There was an article about it in Discover or Popular Science magazine.


Also Russian Diamonds are much cheeper than the De-Beers "Blood Diamonds" that are mined by people who are practically slaves.