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The drill is on the end of what amounts to a several km long rope. I’m pretty sure a side hole would introduce friction with the side that wasn’t there before,
by BriggyDwiggs42 2y ago
The drill is on the end of what amounts to a several km long rope. I’m pretty sure a side hole would introduce friction with the side that wasn’t there before, making it easy to stick going in and out. I think if the obvious solution worked then people would already be doing it, cause they’d save multiple millions of dollars.
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- Retric 2y agoThey can do side drills, but apparently that also requires removing the pipe which is the bit I was missing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43371776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43371776
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoAh yep that does explain it well.