What Would Happen if We Drilled So Deep into the Earth that We Hit the Actual Molten Core of Planet Earth ?

[BAYLOR]

The inspiration for they thread ? The Dr Who Serial Inferno. Minus the fanciful monster plot line, drilling into the core brought about the end of a parallel dimension Earth. If we drilled to deep and hit molten , could that cause our end ?


Yjoughts?

 

[Harpo]

Firstly, it’s been tried. It took years and failed.

Kola Superdeep Borehole - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Secondly, a new attempt has recently begun

Drilling Deep: How Far Have We Gone Under Earth's Crust?

Numerous operations have set out to dig miles deep into the Earth's crust. None of them have penetrated below the outer crust, leaving many mysteries hidden within the mantle and deeper layers of our planet.

www.discovermagazine.com

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

Wait. you must mean reached the hollow earth?

We learned from Dr. Who that the reptilians might get a little upset.

A Silurian of the 1970s.

 

[paranoid marvin]

It's already been done. There's a documentary available called 'At the Earth's Core'. It's presented by Doctor Cushing and Professor McClure.

 

[Pyan]

Theres a more up-to-date documentary available...

 

[BAYLOR]

It's already been done. There's a documentary available called 'At the Earth's Core'. It's presented by Doctor Cushing and Professor McClure.

Theres a more up-to-date documentary available...

Not quite what I had in mind but it's a good start to this discussion.

Wait. you must mean reached the hollow earth?

We learned from Dr. Who that the reptilians might get a little upset.

A Silurian of the 1970s.

I had a feeling this topic was going quickly go off the rails.

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

Not quite what I had in mind but it's a good start to this discussion.


I had a feeling this topic was going quickly go off the rails.

When you go for deep, deep, science fiction - like drilling to the molten core - then expect some shallow, shallow, science fiction to get tossed in for fun.

After Harpo provided that actual science, where else was there to go?

 

[BAYLOR]

When you go for deep, deep, science fiction - like drilling to the molten core - then expect some shallow, shallow, science fiction to get tossed in for fun.

After Harpo provided that actual science, where else was there to go?

There's always Pelucidar . and by the way, did you know that there writers who are doing new books set in Pulicdar, Venus, Mars and Caprona?

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

There's always Pelucidar . and by the way, did you know that there writers who are doing new books set in Pulicdar, Venus, Mars and Caprona?

I did not know that. Sounds fun.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Deeper than the deepest Hole?

Lori Dengler | Expedition has touched the Earth’s mantle

“History was made this month. … For the first time, a drill penetrated into the Earth’s mantle and retrieved samples of this hither before unknown part of the planet.”

www.times-standard.com

Oh, we're gonna drill deeper than that, Man.

China begins drilling one of world’s deepest holes in hunt for discoveries deep inside the Earth

Narrow 11,000-metre shaft will reach the Earth’s crust to study internal structures as China seeks to explore new frontiers

www.theguardian.com

 

[Swank]

Nothing would happen.