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A project costing at least $10 billion designed to send a probe to bore to the centor of the earth was proposed in Nature magazine this week.
“Planetary missions have enhanced our understanding of the solar system and how planets work, but no comparable exploratory effort has been directed towards the Earth’s interior. Space probes have reached a distance of about 40 astronomical units (6,000 million km, or 3,700 million miles), but subterranean probes have descended only some 10km (6.2 miles).” Here's the article for anyone that is interested. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-...-680825,00.html Is this a good use of $10 billion in public funds? I would rather have seen the super-collider finished in Texas as far as big money science projects go. Is any science project worth $10 billion?
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Poor. The Supercollider, Geothermal energy...There's a ton of things that I'd rather see done with that kind of money than trying to bore to the center of the planet.
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$10 Billion would go a long way in Cancer research or AIDS...
how come it's always the whacked out scientists with the dumbest most fucked up ideas that get the funding?... Scientist A: I'd like to do something to help rid humans of a deadly disease. Mr Money Bags: Erm... well... no! Scientist B: I'd like to build a probe... bore right into the center of the earth, which will result in the probe melting with no real benefit to mankind and it'll cost you about... hmmm... $10 billion... whadaya say? Mr Money Bags: FUCK YEAH I LOVE IT!!! where's my cheque book!! 
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I agree with you guys. Maybe I'd feel differently if I were really into geology.
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I would rather have:
- Fusion Power Plant Energy - Quantum Computers But I guess they cost more than $10 Billion 
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I’m all for scientific research but I see no way for mankind to gain anything from this.
Nano Technology is something that really interests me, lets throw $10 billion at that and see where we get 
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