When will we finally probe the Earth deeper than a few kilometres?

>>16698416 (OP)
who cares?

and then lift the tungsten ball containing the core up. then we can harvest the earth

replace the earths core sorry "Earth" with our trash. that would be good

>>16698517
You wouldn’t be able too, gravity is stronger underground the closer you are to the core

>>16698520
if the diameter of the hole isnt the same size as the core ball full of trash, gravity would be sideways

>>16698520
particle accelerator
they could build tunnels to the core of the earth, then to the surface of the countries they want to do. with a way to navigate those tunnels (send particles to the desired result, maybe by using affinity to the end of the tunnel), they could nuke any country they wanted with fast particles/projectiles. though it might seem unlikely to ever happen at first, remember that gravity is stronger underground the closer you are to the core>>16698520 so any nukes sent without an affinity > activation of a tunnel would spin around the core, speeding up, to either spin into the wall or cross the activation threshold to go - which may be beneficial

because then the initial affinity can be lowered or material not needed (material and(or) at the end of the tunnel mechanism)

>>16698419
By reaching magma we can generate massive amounts of geothermal energy. Besides, super deep boreholes are just fascinating. If you do not care, why even comment?

probably when the singularity gets here in a couple years

>>16699087
>muh limitless energy
There is no free lunch, you know. Thermal dissipation exists and is the reason you aren’t magma right now. Pop sci garbage articles aren’t arguments.

>>16698527
>>16698520
>gravity is stronger underground the closer you are to the core
I wish you were trolling but I know you're just retarded.

>>16698520
Why? If the mass of the earth over you is bigger than the mass of the earth under you, shouldn't the gravity downwards be inferior also?

>>16699637
>over
>under
nigga things the earth is flat kek

>>16699637
Yes. That anon is retarded

>>16699637
Gauss' Law goes hard

>>16698520
were there always guys who got off on being called retards or is this a modern phenomenon?

>>16698416 (OP)
Stevenson's plan calls for a crack to be opened in the earth, perhaps with some sort of explosion-probably a nuclear bomb. According to his figures, the crack will need to be several hundred meters in length and depth, and about 30 centimeters wide, to accommodate a volume of about 100 thousand to several million tons of molten iron.

>The instant the crack opens, the entire volume of iron will be dropped in, completely filling the open space. Through the sheer force of its weight, the iron will create a continuing crack that will open all the way to the planet's core 3,000 kilometers below. Anything on a smaller scale may not work; anything larger will be even more expensive, so Stevenson thinks a crack of those dimensions is about right.

>The iron will continue to fall due to gravity because it is about twice the density of the surrounding material. Riding along in the mass of liquid iron will be one or more probes made of a material robust enough to withstand the heat and pressure. The probe will perhaps be the size of a grapefruit but definitely small enough to ride easily inside the 30-centimeter crack without getting wedged
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-planetary-scientist-has-modest-proposal-sending-probe-earths-core-710

>>16701851
Interesting proposal but how will that small probe withstand the high temperature and pressure?