uair01
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It's a bit off subject, but there is an exhibition about a Dutch visionary architect from the 1920's. One of his plans was to dig a hole 15 miles deep into the earth so that people could experience the innards of the earth.
http://www.nai.nl/e/calendar/activities/wijdeveld_e.html
But AFAIK this is the deepest attempt to date:
Off topict but still Fortean note: You might also enjoy this architects "vagina shaped" design for a public theatre for the masses. It's on the same webpage, staring you in the face
Picture here (on the top left of the page):"Plan the Impossible", design for a research center with a 15 mile deep shaft, 1944, Hendrik Th. Wijdeveld.
http://www.nai.nl/e/calendar/activities/wijdeveld_e.html
But AFAIK this is the deepest attempt to date:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/050407_earth_drill.htmlScientist said this week they had drilled into the lower section of Earth's crust for the first time and were poised to break through to the mantle in coming years.
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) seeks the elusive "Moho," a boundary formally known as the Mohorovicic discontinuity. It marks the division between Earth's brittle outer crust and the hotter, softer mantle.
The depth of the Moho varies. This latest effort, which drilled 4,644 feet (1,416 meters) below the ocean seafloor, appears to have been 1,000 feet off to the side of where it needed to be to pierce the Moho, according to one reading of seismic data used to map the crust's varying thickness.
Off topict but still Fortean note: You might also enjoy this architects "vagina shaped" design for a public theatre for the masses. It's on the same webpage, staring you in the face