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Rather than having to keep the drill bit cool, to drill through ice you could use a heated drill bit. Perhaps using using radioactive material to heat the dri
by catalogia 6y ago
Rather than having to keep the drill bit cool, to drill through ice you could use a heated drill bit. Perhaps using using radioactive material to heat the drill bit and cut through the ice like a hot knife.
(Of course, irradiating an alien ocean is perhaps not the greatest idea ever.)
- mhh__ 6y agoRadium-knife: cooks the steak while you slice it! It also means launching a large amount of radioactive material through the atmosphere which may end badly
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- ravenstine 6y agoIt sounds to me like Elon Musk needs to combine efforts between SpaceX and The Boring Company.