An interesting question/debate...

[Rocky998]

It has been done....well....almost....

The Kola Superdeep Bore Hole....a mere 40,230ft deep hole in Russia started in 1970.

There were claims that the locals could hear screams as if from Hell itself

The deepest hole we have ever dug

During the Cold War, the US and Soviets both created ambitious projects to drill deeper than ever before.

www.bbc.com

The hole also featured on an episode of Abandoned Engineering. The complex around the bore hole has long since become derelict but there is still a cover tightly bolted onto the top of the bore hole and part of the drill bit was left down there

I saw that episode... Not deep enough to cause any major destruction. Maybe a small earth-quake

 

[Rocky998]

BUT, we may technically be able to dig all the way through earth... (Lets not do it though) if you still super deep on one side and lock in the exact coordinates and then drill on the exact opposite side... You may just be able to

 

[Deleted member 149562]

I saw that episode... Not deep enough to cause any major destruction. Maybe a small earth-quake

The Kola hole is not the only one of them according to the linked BBC article....there is apparently another 9km deep one in Germany....would be fun if they accidently met somewhere down there....

 

[Rocky998]

The Kola hole is not the only one of them according to the linked BBC article....there is apparently another 9km deep one in Germany....would be fun if they accidently met somewhere down there....

How "fun" would it be?.... Lol

 

[Deleted member 149562]

How "fun" would it be?.... Lol

Well considering the earth is a bit like a whoopie cushion - except its molten rock instead of gas in the middle - it could be a rather large, mildly wet and slightly explosive breaking of wind

 

[Rocky998]

Well considering the earth is a bit like a whoopie cushion - except its molten rock instead of gas in the middle - it could be a rather large, mildly wet and slightly explosive breaking of wind

Like if the earth had 5 supreme spicy burritos and hasnt been able to do anything with em....

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Like if the earth had 5 supreme spicy burritos and hasnt been able to do anything with em....

Yep.......put the loo roll in the freezer type of thing

 

[Oblio]

What if the forces dud center you in the middle of the earth almost causing a circular/swirling motion of the forces... What happens next?... I dont have an idea

To determine the gravitational forces inside a hollow sphere you can approach it in two ways (there are certainly more)

• Integrate the gravitational force on a point mass within the sphere by each dM (dA x thickness x density) - [More rigorous]
• Consider by similarity what happens in an electrically conducting charged sphere, and the Electric field inside that sphere. [Hint: Faraday cage]

Then marvel in the similarities between gravity, electricity, and magnetism

 

[Oblio]

Do people actually believe that the earth is flat? Do you realize how ignorant you have to be to believe that.

Not me, the water is a bit lower on each end of my aquarium, thereby proving the earth is not flat.

 

[Rocky998]

Not me, the water is a bit lower on each end of my aquarium, thereby proving the earth is not flat.

Or you have one weird surface for your tank LOL

 

[malfunction]

To determine the gravitational forces inside a hollow sphere you can approach it in two ways (there are certainly more)

• Integrate the gravitational force on a point mass within the sphere by each dM (dA x thickness x density) - [More rigorous]
• Consider by similarity what happens in an electrically conducting charged sphere, and the Electric field inside that sphere. [Hint: Faraday cage]

Then marvel in the similarities between gravity, electricity, and magnetism

But crucially…
Would
You
Explode?

 

[FoxChase]

Do people actually believe that the earth is flat? Do you realize how ignorant you have to be to believe that.

I recently viewed some YouTube videos "flat earthers" have posted. They are convinced, committed and completely idiotic! Between "flat earthers" and "Karen" videos, I can't help but think that a portion of population have mental health issues. Can't wrap my head around the infantile, entitled, fanatical behavior! I realize some of them are hoax videos, but I find them disturbing.

 

[FoxChase]

But crucially…
Would
You
Explode?

I think you would crushed from all directions at the center. Kinda like wadding up a piece of aluminum foil

 

[Rocky998]

I think you would crushed from all directions at the center. Kinda like wadding up a piece of aluminum foil

Yah... That sounds reasonable.

 

[Rocky998]

Yah... That sounds reasonable.

I mean it... It does... BUT, the gravitational pull/push would be different at the center. Once there is a hole dug through, you'd only be crushed from the sides that the holes are on