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ars on July 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Nuclear Probe to Explore Earth’s Interior

The rock would not work as a cold sink - the cold rock is too far from the probe. The rock right near the probe is at almost the exact same temperature.

kijin on July 30, 2014 [–]

And that's exactly why the probe will take 30 years to move 100km. It's going to be a very slow process.

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