I dunno, they stopped the borehole due to high temperatures. Drilling under the ocean would mean easy water cooling.
Yes I know it doesn't work like that
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mushroommunk@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
My opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
grue@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Ordinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive.
Oh wait.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Haven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
Rakonat@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
We make the hole bigger and install pumps to pull water and debris out. Easy fix! /S
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
SG-3? Some possible Silurian/Goa’uld crossover perhaps?
thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Probably will all die because it ain’t sg-1.
scytale@piefed.zip 15 hours ago
So it’s mantle already under that?
ameancow@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Okay, but what exactly are we trying to get to? Ya’ll think there’s frosting and gummy bears down there? Ancient pirate treasure?
There’s no sharp cutoff point, at a certain point the crushing hot rock that flows like bread dough starts to flow more like syrup, then just down for thousands more miles of more heat and more pressure.