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Re: another goofy question from our resident Canadian! 8^)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:01:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
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> > I often wondered what would happen if we were to drill an 8 foot hole
> > straight through the planet (of course, this idea assumes the core of the
> > earth to be a nice room temperature, not molten rock...) and if wer were to
> > jump down said hole--would we go past the center of the planet, slow down on
> > the way to the other surface and just basically bounce back and forth thru
> > the tunnel until we came to rest, free floating, at the exact center of the
> > planet?
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> http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_165.html
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> Dave!
Oh my goodness!! I forgot all about that one!
Thanks Dave! That's awesome!
Dave K
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