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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 06:23:47 2019 No.11222022 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11222027 >>11222068 >>11222276

If a long, deep tunnel were dug into the earth then it could be used like a cannon and nuclear explosions could be used to launch extremely large payloads into space.

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 06:28:16 No.11222027 Report

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>>11222022
No
>>>/x/

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 06:54:19 No.11222068 Report

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>>11222022
It would be too powerful the earth would shuffle away, also the initial blast would be drastically depowered by air resistance.

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 08:19:28 No.11222183 Report

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>>11222068
>Shaft safety experiment, failed. Sent a 4 in (100 mm) thick steel cap weighing several hundred pounds possibly into solar orbit or burn up in atmosphere, estimated velocity more than 66 km/s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob#Propulsion_of_steel_plate_cap

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 08:22:30 No.11222187 Report

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>>11222183
>burn up in atmosphere
Yes. This is air resistance.

66 KM/S

>Estimated
ESTIMATED

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 09:25:53 No.11222276 Report

Quoted By: >>11222296

>>11222022
reminding you that the planet you live in is structurally weaker than an egg if it was of the same size

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 09:40:22 No.11222296 Report

Quoted By: >>11222315

>>11222276
show me an egg as big as the earth and i'll show you an egg that can withstand the impact of relatively large asteroids without suffering much damage or perturbation

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 10:02:24 No.11222315 Report

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>>11222296
This is now my faveourite /sci/ quote.

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Anonymous Fri 13 Dec 2019 13:38:56 No.11222617 Report

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