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Research 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 do
by dogma1138 6y ago
Research 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