drilling
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China Is Digging a Big Frickin’ Hole 10,000-Metres Into the Earth
China has seemingly set off on a journey into the centre of the earth. This week the country has begun digging what will eventually become the deepest hole in China’s history to test drilling technology and further understand the Earth’s underground structure, Bloomberg reported.
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An Alien Hunter On The Risks And Rewards Of Landing On Europa
On Friday, February 10, NASA announced that a team of 21 scientists had delivered their first report on a lander mission to explore the possibility of life on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The NASA-employed Science Definition Team (SDT) recommended that NASA send a probe as soon as 2031, about a decade after an already-planned Europa…
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A CNC Mill Backpack Drills Permanent Messages Into Solid Rock
Everyone wants to live forever. Or at the very least, leave something behind that will last. In some ways, that’s the most basic driving force behind graffiti: I was here. Paint washes away, but rock carvings, on the other hand, have a considerably longer half life.
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Watch This $40 Million Gas Platform Sink To The Bottom Of The Sea
Installing an off-shore gas platform can be a tricky proposition. Things can go very wrong. That’s exactly what happened with this $US40 million Iranian platform was being installed in the Persian Gulf.