But its a fun thing to do, and that's a good enough reason to do it. After all is that not exactly how Linux came into being anyway.
My assumption is that all titles with Rust get blind upvotes, sure a new kernel is cool but would be more cool if is more then someone toy project, this should probably be posted and upvoted in Rust forums so it gets support from the fans and hopefully the Rust guys will decide what kernel should they focus on and stop promoting every student weekend project here.