High pressure on the water. Drill head bursts spraying water. Temp -40 f. Popsicle scientists.
Just a thought.
I think the word would be corpicle. Make falling into the North Sea in January seem like a sauna bath.
I just turned up the heater thinking about it.
/johnny
High pressure on the water. Drill head bursts spraying water. Temp -40 f. Popsicle scientists.
Just a thought.
As good or better than any other.
There’s something kind of spooky about this.
Yeah, I believe at 40 below water pretty much freezes INSTANTLY. Also keep in mind that water would also be just above freezing to start with.
But I do hope they are ok. It's a job I wouldn't want.
I heard a report about this last night. The Russians are going to use a thermal lance for the last part, so as to not contaminate the lake. They then expect the pressure to push water up the borehole where they say it will freeze. Next year, they’re going to drill out that frozen borehole so that they don’t contaminate the lake with direct sampling. Sounds pretty reasonable (if all those incidents of other Russian engineering failures quit nagging the back of my mind).