http://ford-prefect42.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ford-prefect42.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] marycatelli 2014-03-19 02:59 am (UTC)

I wouldn't rule it out, for specific purposes. Consider "swamp logging" where petrified logs are retrieved and sold for tens of thousands of dollars per cubic foot. Or a rather more "current" version, "african blackwood", which sells for $25000/m3. At such numbers, even something as mundane as wood may well be shipped interstellar. Much like that, the special properties of wood grown under different conditions leading to different properties may find interstellar use.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting