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> It will require advanced tunnel-boring machines, such as hypersonic projectile spallation, laser beam devices, and the "Subterrene" heated tungsten probe that
by MisterBiggs 6y ago
> It will require advanced tunnel-boring machines, such as hypersonic projectile spallation, laser beam devices, and the "Subterrene" heated tungsten probe that melts through igneous rocks.
Sci-fi or research in the 70's?
- dogma1138 6y agoResearch even before the 70’s in the 50’s people were looking into nuclear powered boring machines that would use heat from nuclear fission to melt rocks. I don’t know if this was ever gotten to beyond “cool ideas for the nuclear age” concept art pamphlet phase.
- topkai22 6y agoI feel like under ground boring must have had a bit of a moment back in the 70s as that was when the Kola super deep bore hole project kicked off. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole