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Team attempting to drill completely thru Earth's crust into mantle
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:14 am
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:14 am
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This probably won't end well.
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In early December, the drill ship JOIDES Resolution will depart Colombo, Sri Lanka, and head for a spot in the southwestern Indian Ocean known as Atlantis Bank. There, it will lower a drill bit and try to screw it through 1.5 kilometres of rock, collecting a core sample as it goes. If all goes well, future expeditions — not yet scheduled or funded — will return and finalize the push into the mantle (see ‘Deep understanding’).
This probably won't end well.
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:15 am to bamarep
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:15 am to bamarep
Cthulu is coming
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 9:18 am
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:15 am to bamarep
When will they hit liquid hot "magma."
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
All dat water gonna drain out baws
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
I hope the Ghostbusters are on speed dial. This will not end well.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
that's gonna take a helluva drill bit. will they need lube?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
and release the demons from hell?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
Am not shocked.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:16 am to bamarep
If they punch a hole through the crust, it'll let all the magma out and the Earth will deflate. It's science.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:17 am to bamarep
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:17 am to bamarep
quote:
This probably won't end well.
What do you think will happen, professor?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:17 am to Larry
quote:that was my question. They're in a part of the world where it could def happen.
When will they hit liquid hot "magma."
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:17 am to bamarep
Yep cause we don't have enough volcanos so we need to make some more
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:18 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:
that's gonna take a helluva drill bit. will they need lube?
Them tool pushers are gonna be flocking to that ship
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:18 am to upgrayedd
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What do you think will happen, professor?
Obviously we'll pop like a balloon.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:21 am to upgrayedd
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What do you think will happen, professor?
Are you naturally a dick, or is it a conscious effort?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:21 am to bamarep
OK,
College physical science question time...
Where would you drill if you wanted to drill from the ground surface into the mantle, but with the shortest length of drill to reduce your cost?
Follow up question, how do we know the composition of the lower crust and upper mantle when we haven't drilled that far ever before?
College physical science question time...
Where would you drill if you wanted to drill from the ground surface into the mantle, but with the shortest length of drill to reduce your cost?
Follow up question, how do we know the composition of the lower crust and upper mantle when we haven't drilled that far ever before?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:22 am to bamarep
This seems like a REALLY bad idea.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:22 am to Pectus
Read an article a while back that there is a giant subterranean ocean under the crust
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