[TML] "Dies the Fire"

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 11 Dec 2007 at 20:45, Timothy Little wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:34:02PM -0800, shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:
> > Yeah, and my figures for that may be off by a lot since I've seen a 
> > figure almost a hundred times smaller mentioned in a site I checked 
> > for more info. (ie something like 1:50,000 rather than 1:640)
> 
> Yes, the area calculation was out by a factor of about 50.

<sigh>

> > The pressure at that depth is going to be such that I'm not sure
> > organic life can exist above the bacteria level (and I only say that
> > because we've found bacteria in rock formations miles below the
> > surface).
> 
> The pressure is such that both water and air are solid.  I don't think
> anything we think of as life could cope with that.

Just as well.

BTW, I get 21 minutes as the time to fall from one end to the other 
of one of those holes, ignoring air resistance and using your 4000 km 
figure for thickness.


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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