Why haven't we ever drilled down to the earth's core?
Why haven't we ever drilled down to the earth's core?
Ryan Ortiz
Christopher Gutierrez
because it's summer
Nathan Hughes
I think it would it explode
Aaron Perez
That's where skeletons live.
As a species, we're not nearly united enough for a threat like that.
Noah Lewis
Flat earth. No core
Nolan King
This. Do you want the earth to squeeze all of its core out all over you and rip to shreds like a balloon?
Jack Rodriguez
The pressure and heat would destroy anything we can create. There's magma in veins branching out all over as well. At some point you'll be filling your hole with it and there's no way to avoid it or clear it away from your area. Even the hardiest equipment would be ruined quickly.
Luke White
There is no vehicle or material we have ever designed which would be anywhere near able to achieve such a feat. It would either overheat and fail, or be crushed and fail.
Connor Hughes
Kayden Anderson
So, there's so much pressure in that core that molten iron is solid. As in: it's heated well past its melting point, and then rendered solid by sheer compression.
All other challenges aside, there's no conceivable way we could keep a hole from collapsing under that much pressure.