Last time I was thinking about getting to the core of the Earth.
We, as humankind, devoted a lot of time, money, and energy to explore the Universe while not knowing on what ground we stand for (literally!). Why can’t we get to the core of the Earth? It would be a journey straight from a science-fiction movie to today.
Nevertheless, I had some thoughts about how we could do that. I would build a drill made of the hardest, fireproof materials. Would such a drill have a length of 6,371 km, which is the average radius of the Earth? Of course not.
We would start drilling with such a drill that:
a) it would consist not of one part but of tens, then hundreds, thousands, and finally, hundreds of thousands of pieces. These parts would be added gradually to the central drill, already placed inside the Earth.
b) It could also add other replaceable parts and terminals.
c) drill bit would be built so that we could get back in every moment to the surface of the Earth and, then, it could be replaced by the new one.
Of course, such an experiment would last for tens, if not hundreds, of years. First of all, I would ask NASA to finance such projects. One of the deepest boreholes made by humanity is the “Kola Superdeep Borehole” from 1965 – 1995 which had “only” 12,262 m of depth. This Soviet project collapsed because of a lack of funding. There were rumors that workers working on it heard people’s voices coming from the hellish void. I am convinced that the money stopped Russians from going further with drilling.
Am I rocking in the clouds? A geologist would undoubtedly say yes. Nevertheless, I am not a geologist. I am Adam Mazek. The fact is that I like to write about what electric discharges will bring to my brain, even if these stories could be straight from a science-fiction book.
