Well luckily, a little less than 50% of the people in this country don't seem to care if the numbers make sense as long as the point seems valid.
Well luckily, a little less than 50% of the people in this country don't seem to care if the numbers make sense as long as the point seems valid.
Love that tongue-in-cheek stab at the left. You beat me to the punch on the real number...and you are right:
--30m ball of iron is 1.41 x 10^10 cc
--Density of iron at 20C is 7.874, but molten iron is in the range of 7.01 to 7.15 g/cc at 1550C.
--Using 7.1 g/cc, the molten ball is 10^11 g or 10^8 kg.
What's a few zeros between science fiction writers?!?! The real questions:
1. Does this stand a rat's chance in hell of...well...making it to hell?
2. The follow up...how in the world would this "instrumented" blob of iron be distinguishable from the molten material that's down there now?
3. Just how does this solve the looming Social Security crisis...or...what's the point?