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A 66 ton chunk of iron falling on earth probably before any iron had been smelted by humans. Now think about the equivalent meteorite falling today: what subst
by ballenf 8y ago
A 66 ton chunk of iron falling on earth probably before any iron had been smelted by humans.
Now think about the equivalent meteorite falling today: what substance could it be comprised of that we haven't synthesized or seen yet? Maybe an exotic isotope of an otherwise common element which demonstrates some exotic properties. Superconducting at room temperature maybe.
Amazing to think about what asteroids could be out there headed our way (and not big enough to destroy everything).
- rabidrat 8y agoVibranium would be pretty cool.
- twic 8y agoThere's a Stephen Baxter novel from a quarter of a century ago [1] in which an antimatter meteorite falls to earth, and via undisclosed handwaving, ends up as a deposit in the Antarctic, which is subsequently mined to provide a source of power for various steampunk shenanigans: https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2010/04/steampunk-week-book-review-anti-ice-by-stephen-baxter.html https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2010/04/steampunk-week-book... [1] yikes