A mission to drill right through Earth's crust begins this week

[Archer]

dont we already have deep mines in JHB,

how far did they go? 4KM?

and the crust is how thick? 40KM?

dosent seem like it will work.....

/travels back 50 years

Don't planes only go up 12km?
And the moon is how far, 384,000km?
Doesn't seem like it'll work

 

[cueball]

dont we already have deep mines in JHB,

how far did they go? 4KM?

and the crust is how thick? 40KM?

dosent seem like it will work.....

The Mohorovičić discontinuity is 5 to 10 kilometres (3–6 mi) below the ocean floor, and 20 to 90 kilometres (10–60 mi), with an average of 35 kilometres (22 mi), beneath typical continents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohorovičić_discontinuity

 

[SoulTax]

But aren't they concerned about letting all of the water drain away if they drill too deep?

 

[wolverine_dcp]

Wasn't there a movie like this?

Kim Kardashian and Ray J