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From: hutch@shark.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Trivia Question (diamond rocket)
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 13:47:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 13:47:19 1984
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<tap tap tap CLINK (OH NO)>

As any jeweler who is a diamond-cutter can tell you, the
diamond is a very hard crystal but it is also very brittle.
It shatters very easily.

The tensile strength of a material has definite bearing on
whether it would be useful as a liner for rocket engines.
Diamonds, besides burning, would shatter.

Hutch