If one was to go to the north pole, and attempt to drill a whole straight through the earth to the south pole, could this be done?
2007-03-06 09:37:01 · 6 answers · asked by SHAMROCK 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No, this would not be possible. People might be able to drill through the crust of the earth, but the mantle consists of Magma that would fry your drill bit the moment you enter it. The heat and pressure in the mantle of the earth make it almost impossible.
2007-03-06 19:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by MB1810 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Even if you could drill through the crust (something people are trying to do right now), your drill bit would be toast in the mantle. Also, there is no way you could design a drill string strong enough to take the heavy load of lifting 4000 miles of pipe! That and your pipe would melt in the mantle. The best we can ever hope to do is probe the upper reaches of the mantle, down to say 100-150 miles MAYBE.
2007-03-06 09:46:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because the center of the Earth is so hot, it will melt anything. Even if we could, you're talking about a drilling pipe being thousands of miles long anyways.
2007-03-06 09:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by whatchamacallit 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, when you get to the inside of the earth it is so hot anything today would melt. Plus it is still rock so nothing would get through it. And when you hit the molten rock it will start to spill out, like with a volcano.
2007-03-06 09:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by Twilight Lover 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. the pressure towards the center would crush your drill bit, or melt it with magma!
2007-03-06 09:45:10 · answer #5 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's liquid toward the middle too, so that might be a bit of a problem
2007-03-06 09:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by waif 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋