Let me be the first to say

[james_davis_nicoll]

MAN MUST GO TO SPACE TO PUT LEAD IN HIS PENCIL

Comments

[w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)]

It's pure carbon! The exact same element that forms diamonds! It's space diamonds, I tell you!

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

We need carbon to make the nanotubes to build the space elevators, but it turns out that the best supply of carbon is out of reach. Damn.