Hole Drilled to Bottom of Earth's Crust

[sharkeeper]

Nikola Tesla could have cracked the earth in two with a device the size of a can of coffee.

They have that coffee here. It's soooo strong. Now I know where the saying comes from "coffee strong enough to sink a ship". :Q

 

[smc13]

So why is this a big deal and why did they stop drilling? If it only takes 8 weeks to get as far as they did, why not just drill for a few more weeks and get to the mantle already?

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
eh....this is a disaster story in the making. what if it becomes an underwater volcanoe?

Or worse, it could unleash an army of morlocks upon us.

 

[gigapet]

this might poke some holes in the hollow earth theory

 

[glugglug]

The depth of the Moho varies. This latest effort, which drilled 4,644 feet (1,416 meters) below the ocean seafloor, appears to have been 1,000 feet off to the side of where it needed to be to pierce the Moho, according to one reading of seismic data used to map the crust's varying thickness.

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The latest drilling was done at the Atlantis Massif, located at the intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Atlantis fracture zone, two plates of the planet's broken crust.

The reason they were 1000 feet off is that the drill was deflected by the ZPM powered Atlantean shield.

And wow, 8 weeks to drill almost a mile. Vs. the MTA who has spent the last 8 weeks to jackhammer through the downtown sidewalks.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Nikola Tesla could have cracked the earth in two with a device the size of a can of coffee.

didn't he use an oscliator, or a renosance generator, or something? I read he almost flattened N.Y., cause manahattan is a sandy island, and the sand built up the renosance. He said he could crack the world in half with one, and a reasonable supply of dynamite.

 

[GasX]

Wont the whole planet pop like a zit when they break through?

 

[Nitemare]

I get the wierd impression of a balloon that someone lets the air out of....

 

[Whitecloak]

reminds me of the Dr Who episode - Inferno

http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_3d.htm

 

[KEV1N]

Are they gonna break it?!?

 

[conjur]

Anyone seen The Core (and lived to tell about it?)

 

[FreshPrince]

maybe they're the ones causing all the earthquakes and tsunami?

 

[WhiteKnight]

Psh, they already did that in Austin Powers.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: conjur
Anyone seen The Core (and lived to tell about it?)

In the theatre and the damn movie channels keep playing it.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: smc13
why did they stop drilling? If it only takes 8 weeks to get as far as they did, why not just drill for a few more weeks and get to the mantle already?

Yeah, I didn't understand the stop and how they could be "Oops, we missed the mantle". I mean it's not like there is something else under the crust besides the mantle. Then again, I'm a business student, not a science student.