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Posted: 10/16/2019 1:43:50 PM EDT
If you needed to build a powered-armor type suit that a genetically-modified German Shepherd Dog could operate to dig a hole straight through the Earth, exiting in China, what type of heat and pressure resistant material would be best for the external exoskeleton?
This is a serious question and time sensitive. |
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I would assume it would have to be made out of diamond or something.
Btw, whatever your doing I want in on. |
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How are you going to compress the dog pee and dog shit enough to eject it into molten rock or metal at those pressures?
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Inconel and asbestos. It'll be a one way trip for the poor pupper.
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Your biggest problem will be the absolute vacuum as you pass the center or earth, because gravity goes to zero, which does not happen anywhere else, and no-one has ever actually dealt with that issue.
Good luck, it's your funeral. |
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According to wiki, the center is 9800 degrees F and 53 million PSI pressure so forget it.
Iron can be solid at such high temperatures only because its melting temperature increases dramatically at pressures of that magnitude (see the Clausius–Clapeyron relation) |
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You think the Chinese will get him when he arrives? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I can't believe this serious issue hasn't gotten more response. It's up to us to keep this goodest boi safe
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According to wiki, the center is 9800 degrees F and 53 million PSI pressure so forget it. Iron can be solid at such high temperatures only because its melting temperature increases dramatically at pressures of that magnitude (see the Clausius–Clapeyron relation) View Quote Nice thought pattern, are you a Democrat? |
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Your biggest problem will be the absolute vacuum as you pass the center or earth, because gravity goes to zero, which does not happen anywhere else, and no-one has ever actually dealt with that issue. Good luck, it's your funeral. View Quote But, technically, it will be the engineered super dog’s funeral if we fail. |
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Reminds me of the “rat thing” from Snow Crash by Neal Stevenson. You’re gonna need lots of nickel, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, etc think hastelloy and inconel.
The body is Rottweiler-sized, segmented into overlapping hard plates like those of a rhinoceros. The legs are long, curled way up to deliver power, like a cheetah's. It must be the tail that makes people refer to it as a Rat Thing, because that's the only ratlike part - incredibly long and flexible.
The grass under the Rat Thing is beginning to smoke. "Careful. Supposedly they have really nasty isotopes inside," Hiro says behind her... "A radioactive substance that makes heat. That's its energy source." "How do you turn it off?" "You don't. It keeps making heat until it melts." The body converges to a sharp nose. In the front it bends down sharply, and there is a black canopy, raked sharply like the windshield of a fighter plane. If the Rat Thing has eyes, this is where it looks out. View Quote |
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Solid tungsten would do it, not tungsten carbide, solid tungsten. Solid tungstwn is hard as shit while not being fragile, and it is extremely heat resistant.
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Tantalum carbide and woven carbon nanotubes. and yes I think nanotubes are an excellent conductor...but they are thought to act in the lungs similar to asbestos...little pointy needles that are biologically inert so they stay in there forever...poking holes in places you don't want holes. |
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WAIT...we were being serious? and yes I think nanotubes are an excellent conductor...but they are thought to act in the lungs similar to asbestos...little pointy needles that are biologically inert so they stay in there forever...poking holes in places you don't want holes. View Quote What if we got Yeti to make segmented power armor where each segment was a self contained Inconel vacuum tumbler. That would keep super doggo cool even at 9800F for 3 to 5 days. |
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C'mon dude it says it right in the thread title. This is important. What if we got Yeti to make segmented power armor where each segment was a self contained Inconel vacuum tumbler. That would keep super doggo cool even at 9800F for 3 to 5 days. View Quote I've probably got a bucket of wrought tantalum and maybe some sintered zirconium between the two of us I bet we could come up with LOTS of tungsten..... hmmm...it's all coming together now.... |
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Your biggest problem will be the absolute vacuum as you pass the center or earth, because gravity goes to zero, which does not happen anywhere else, and no-one has ever actually dealt with that issue. Good luck, it's your funeral. View Quote |
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If you needed to build a powered-armor type suit that a genetically-modified German Shepherd Dog could operate to dig a hole straight through the Earth, exiting in China, what type of heat and pressure resistant material would be best for the external exoskeleton? This is a serious question and time sensitive. View Quote Do you want a cooled system, an ablative system, or something else? Also, what are the extents of the genetic modifications? Could have an impact on the overall design. Anyway, all the designs include an unlicensed nuclear power source, and lots of magnets... |
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The Russians could put a dog in space but you don’t think America can send a genetically enhanced dog to the center of the Earth and through to the other side? Nice thought pattern, are you a Democrat? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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According to wiki, the center is 9800 degrees F and 53 million PSI pressure so forget it. Iron can be solid at such high temperatures only because its melting temperature increases dramatically at pressures of that magnitude (see the Clausius–Clapeyron relation) Nice thought pattern, are you a Democrat? |
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Quoted: Puppers? View Quote doggo dag the aforementioned genetically altered canine I was going to say about half as thick as a wiener dog,(cause wieners are funny) which lead me to think of 1/2 x D (D being both D for dog and "the D" or wiener) which is also common reference in the machining world for the ratio of the depth of a hole to it's diameter...I had you tube open on my other screen because I was watching a video about how to do something in solidworks and it also had a clip from letterkenny...which made me think of puppers...so all in about 1/3 of a second the thickness became 1/2 x puppers. I now apologize to everyone for making them read that and getting a brief glimpse into the clown car of thought patterns that is my daily life. |
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Your biggest problem will be the absolute vacuum as you pass the center or earth, because gravity goes to zero, which does not happen anywhere else, and no-one has ever actually dealt with that issue. Good luck, it's your funeral. View Quote Mike |
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The real engineering answer is truthfully, it depends, and what’s your budget?
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The real engineering answer is truthfully, it depends, and what’s your budget? View Quote the earth's core is 10,800°F, about as hot as the sun. But if you can get me a few billion to start some exploratory experiments I am sure we can come up with a decent cost estimate. |
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I still haven't seen an answer to the dog shit ejection problem.
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If the dog is going to China, then it wouldn’t have to go through dead center of the earth assuming the origin is in the U.S. If China is the destination and the dog had to go through the center, then begin the journey in Argentina.
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I wish you guys would stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just use industry standards.
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I wish you guys would stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just use industry standards. View Quote |
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