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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5669895" data-attributes="member: 54707">Actually I'm kinda partial to both. The cool, way out stuff for stories, and the more down to earth stuff for real world applications. (And even when it comes to fiction I like both speculative and mundane fiction/sci-fi.)Of course the planet is too far away, and was formed under conditions too harsh for us to make much in the way of real world applications, other than possibly sensing applications. And studies of planetary formation, maybe drawing some general cosmological applications of planetary formation methods (for instance how likely is it given certain conditions that a particular planetary or stellar body might form of a given composition), assuming the planet is actually diamond or diamond-like in composition.But no reason we, or anyone else, can't conjecture as they wish as far as I'm concerned. Imagination is more important than knowledge, as the old saw goes, and often cuts away more useless underbrush.So run wild if you wish. All discoveries begin first as speculation.If you've got a crazy idea you wouldn't be the first, and crazy ideas often lead to undiscovered countries. Or diamond planets. Take your pick.</blockquote>