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04-26-2010 , 09:03 AM

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hellfish#311

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 159

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Originally Posted by RudeboyOi

OP is just lazy.

this scenario doesnt have to be hypothetical.

if hed just go grab a shovel and start digging.

so if you start shovelling en you dig away the last bit don't you fall feet first into the sky on the other side?

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04-26-2010 , 09:46 AM

#27

bingobars

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,843

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Originally Posted by hellfish#311

so if you start shovelling en you dig away the last bit don't you fall feet first into the sky on the other side?

Dig up stupid

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04-26-2010 , 05:00 PM

#28

JayTeeMe

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 29,419

Does the fact that the earth is liquid underneath the crust matter?

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04-26-2010 , 05:14 PM

#29

bingobars

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,843

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Does the fact that the earth is liquid underneath the crust matter?

The walls of the tunnel are heat resistant for the experiment.

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04-26-2010 , 05:52 PM

#30

RudeboyOi

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Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,119

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Originally Posted by bingobars

The walls of the tunnel are heat resistant for the experiment.

so wouldnt you have to make some kind of tower so you would be able to push your tunnel through the middle of the earth when you come to the liquid part. like a cylinder with a hatch at the bottom and the digging apparatus is on the outside of the hatch.