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On a remote peninsula in northwest Russia is the world's deepest hole. Drilled down 40,000 feet. Now it's capped. Didja know?

What were they looking for? The earth's CORE? Anyone up to date on this?

Posted - March 2, 2021

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  • 10449
    The Kola Borehole.  I saw a piece about it on an episode of  "Mysteries of the Abandoned" a few years ago. 
    They were, as usual, trying to outdo the US (anything you can do we can do better).  
      March 2, 2021 11:48 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Did what you saw give you an inclination/indication of what, if anything, they found as they were boring down? I mean the thing is interesting of course but what do we do with it? Thank you for your reply Shuhak! :)
      March 2, 2021 12:58 PM MST
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  • 16197
    It was an attempt to reach the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, the theoretical boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle. Didn't work, when you get down far enough it's too hot - the drill bits go soft and distort.
      March 2, 2021 1:07 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Russians aren't very bright. A first year geology student would know that.
      March 2, 2021 1:10 PM MST
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  • 16197
    They thought their materials were sufficiently advanced to avoid that. They weren't. One of those things where the Politburo said "do it" so they tried. Lysenkoism, aversion to science isn't new and Trumpicans didn't invent it. It's been going on since King Canute and it seems that no-one has learned a thing since then.
      March 2, 2021 1:17 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Did you hear that when the Russian President said he wanted to send a spacecraft to the sun, his scientists said it was not possible, as the sun is too hot? He replied "Then let's go at night."
      March 2, 2021 1:37 PM MST
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  • 3680
    King Canute was far brighter than the Politburo. He was trying to prove to fawning nobles that even kings do have limits to their powers.
      March 3, 2021 3:05 PM MST
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