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2025-03-10 Science & Technology

Gyrotron Assisted Laser Drilling to Drill 12 Mile Deep Hole - Maybe

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Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-10 09:28|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ] Top

#1 If they let out the methane the balloon will collapse.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-10 11:12|| 2025-03-10 11:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Prediction: they're going to find that lateral slip forces induced in the rock cause things to go sideways. Literally.
There's a lot of lateral 'squirt' the the rocks that deep.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-03-10 15:43|| 2025-03-10 15:43|| Front Page Top

#3 An invasion of Pellucidar?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-10 15:59|| 2025-03-10 15:59|| Front Page Top

#4
" At these depths, the temperature will likely be around 932 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to provide a practical source of geothermal energy.."

1 Oops and a instant Super Volcano.

Wonder what it would do to the surrounding Underground water and wells.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-10 16:12|| 2025-03-10 16:12|| Front Page Top

#5 I've seen this movie.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-10 17:27|| 2025-03-10 17:27|| Front Page Top

#6 A gyrotron is a vacuum electronic device (VED) capable of generating coherent high-power electromagnetic radiation in the microwave, millimeter wave and terahertz band. It operates on stimulated cyclotron radiation of electrons gyrating in a strong magnetic field typically provided by a superconducting magnet.

Posted by 3dc 2025-03-10 20:31|| 2025-03-10 20:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Okay and how are they going to keep pressure in the wellbore? Mud? Filling it with Argon isn't going to keep out influxes of water, oil, etc.

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-03-10 23:21|| 2025-03-10 23:21|| Front Page Top

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