2007-03-15 02:47:06 · 9 answers · asked by cheekychap432 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Nope. We don't yet have the technology to get to the deepest darkest parts of the ocean, much less into the magmasphere, where the combination of pressure and heat would melt anything we made of metal, and would literally cause anything made of diamond to burn (not on it's own, but in the oxygen that a human would have to take with him to breathe.
Of course, if we did make it to the center of the earth, we would have learned a lot. We would be able to take samples of the core and test its chemical composition instead of just guessing that it is made up mostly of nickel and iron.
2007-03-15 05:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by Robert G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we had the technology I somehow feel we would have been there by now.
Alas the truth is that we don’t.
We could never, physically go there, as we are not built to withstand the pressures and temperatures we would encounter even with the protective advances we now have.
Undoubtedly we would find new things and prove (or disprove) theories we have about the core.
Just like the depths of the oceans, we feel we know what is there but until we go there it can only be an assumption based upon that which we actually know.
Perhaps the scariest thing we could imagine might be, "What would be the result to the planet?"
2007-03-15 11:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by kevin k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Core" based on fact---that's a good one.
Our technology does not allow drilling deeper than about 10 miles of the 6000 needed to get to the Earth's center. There was a project 50 years ago called "Moho", intended to drill to the upper Mantle. This was abandoned. Samples taken from volcanos are a far more cost-efficient way of obtaining samples. Seismology allows study of the whole Earth, with ever-improving technology.
2007-03-15 10:09:56 · answer #3 · answered by cosmo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We can't really get past the Earth's crust, nevermind to the centre. The problem is to house anything or anyone that wouldn't be crushed or melted, as the further down the more load is above and the hotter it gets. But don't think we would learn much more, mind you we know more about space than we do about our deepest oceans.
2007-03-15 10:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by d_andrews78 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. In fact, the deepest hole drilled is about 7 1/2 miles, and the deepest mine is about 6 miles. The deepest any has been in the ocean is also about 6 miles. And, no technology exists that would allow man to travel through the mantle, which is essentially molten lava.
2007-03-15 11:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I already went there, and before all you nay sayers disagree I really did, honest, ask my dad he will tell you I was there for three weeks couldn't find anywhere to stay, so I came back.
Oh did you say the centre of the earth?????? I thought you said Prague. My mistake sorry, never been there, its a bit hot for me but just as dense
2007-03-15 11:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Shane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the film 'The Core'. It's all based on fact, you know.
2007-03-15 09:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by Robin the Electrocuted 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. There are sections where we would have to go through MILES of molten rock.
2007-03-15 10:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes we have but just like the sea we somehow dont?
2007-03-15 11:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋