There's no gravity at the center of the earth. Atleast very little. At the center of the earth you'd have somewhat the same mass in every direction, and you would feel no humanly disinguishable pull.Originally posted by: Vegitto
Gravity would be the highest, I think, so I think it'd be best to drill from both sides at the same time.
Doesn't work that way. The forces are combined to an angle.Originally posted by: sao123
gravity would be pulling equally in all directions at the center, and you would be torn to pieces or weightless, depending on the size of the force.
This of course assumes you dont melt trying to get there.
Oops.Originally posted by: Forsythe
There's no gravity at the center of the earth. Atleast very little. At the center of the earth you'd have somewhat the same mass in every direction, and you would feel no humanly disinguishable pull.Originally posted by: Vegitto
Gravity would be the highest, I think, so I think it'd be best to drill from both sides at the same time.
Drilling would be weird, as drilling up you'd get all the earth in you face behind the drill. Drilling down you have to remove it, and you don't have to excert force on the drill as gravity would take care of that.
It would be way easier drilling to the center than from the center.
The drill would just push through easily! Remember, pretend that the drill is strong enough to handle the enormous pressures and heat at the center of the earth!Originally posted by: troglodytis
how does one drill liquid?
Originally posted by: troglodytis
how does one drill liquid?
What if during your freefall, you bump into one of the walls along the way and have a little bit of friction? Or what if there is air in the hole with wind resistance? And if the hole is big and there is no air, how do you keep such a large volume a perfect vacuum? And finally, do I get complimentary pretzels with my trip?Originally posted by: radioouman
But it would only take you 47 minutes if you jumped into your freshly drilled hole to go from one side of the earth to the other!
Is that a real number?Originally posted by: radioouman
No gravity at the center of the earth. Equal from both sides.
But it would only take you 47 minutes if you jumped into your freshly drilled hole to go from one side of the earth to the other!
How would that work? Let's assume you've drilled a perfect hole and removed the core. You jump in the hole from one side, what will happen when you fall out?Originally posted by: radioouman
No gravity at the center of the earth. Equal from both sides.
But it would only take you 47 minutes if you jumped into your freshly drilled hole to go from one side of the earth to the other!
Originally posted by: Vegitto
How would that work? Let's assume you've drilled a perfect hole and removed the core. You jump in the hole from one side, what will happen when you fall out?Originally posted by: radioouman
No gravity at the center of the earth. Equal from both sides.
But it would only take you 47 minutes if you jumped into your freshly drilled hole to go from one side of the earth to the other!
So factoring in the climbing up from the center of the earth.... 48 minutes?Originally posted by: Exterous
Originally posted by: Vegitto
How would that work? Let's assume you've drilled a perfect hole and removed the core. You jump in the hole from one side, what will happen when you fall out?Originally posted by: radioouman
No gravity at the center of the earth. Equal from both sides.
But it would only take you 47 minutes if you jumped into your freshly drilled hole to go from one side of the earth to the other!
You won't fall out, you'd have to climb.
Yes, but hypothetically the equipment can handle all of this (imagine a power source that cools it faster than it's being heated).Originally posted by: Turin39789
what happens to all the magma you encounter on your way through ? does it come shooting up the hole?
I was more worried about the people on the surfaceOriginally posted by: J0hnny
Yes, but hypothetically the equipment can handle all of this (imagine a power source that cools it faster than it's being heated).Originally posted by: Turin39789
what happens to all the magma you encounter on your way through ? does it come shooting up the hole?
by the time the magma has reached the surface, because of the super cooling technology, nothing but cold hard rocks would make it up to the surface.Originally posted by: Turin39789
I was more worried about the people on the surfaceOriginally posted by: J0hnny
Yes, but hypothetically the equipment can handle all of this (imagine a power source that cools it faster than it's being heated).Originally posted by: Turin39789
what happens to all the magma you encounter on your way through ? does it come shooting up the hole?