• Question: Would you be able to send a robot to saturn/Juipter to collect diamonds and come back it would probably pay for its self ad thanks for replying pardon my spelling

    Asked by Lawrecium to Sinead on 11 Feb 2015.
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      Sinead Quirke answered on 11 Feb 2015:


      Hi

      Firstly I don’t think it is conclusively proved that there are diamonds on saturn & Jupiter. Secondly you would have to undertake a cost benefit analysis to make sure that you would make a profit. Sending robots to space is an expensive enterprise.

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