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I am not a mantle geologist, but I've always thought that if the core of Mars has really cooled & solidified, blasting the whole surface off could let us get at that sweet nickel-iron core. I mean it's a giant wad of semi-refined metals with some rock caked on top of it, right? If there's no magma to deal with, we could actually get at the good stuff much more easily. Mine Mars' core!
 
I am not a mantle geologist, but I've always thought that if the core of Mars has really cooled & solidified, blasting the whole surface off could let us get at that sweet nickel-iron core. I mean it's a giant wad of semi-refined metals with some rock caked on top of it, right? If there's no magma to deal with, we could actually get at the good stuff much more easily. Mine Mars' core!
 
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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:That would make terraforming Mars lot harder. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:11, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 
:That would make terraforming Mars lot harder. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:11, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
::It's already sitting out there in the asteroid belt... why deal with the Mars gravity well? Just mine the space rocks, so much easier. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.166|108.162.249.166]] 02:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 
  
 
Wouldn't the part of astronomy which studies black holes be even more frustrating? Also, peeling away the event horizon, even locally, might destroy whole universe ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:11, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 
Wouldn't the part of astronomy which studies black holes be even more frustrating? Also, peeling away the event horizon, even locally, might destroy whole universe ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:11, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Something Weird Would Happen - may refer to this expedition to find out what weird thing happens at mantle exposure.  https://www.livescience.com/1317-mission-study-earth-gaping-open-wound.html    -- FT  [[User:FreeTim|FreeTim]] ([[User talk:FreeTim|talk]]) 09:01, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 
Something Weird Would Happen - may refer to this expedition to find out what weird thing happens at mantle exposure.  https://www.livescience.com/1317-mission-study-earth-gaping-open-wound.html    -- FT  [[User:FreeTim|FreeTim]] ([[User talk:FreeTim|talk]]) 09:01, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
  
Why isn't there a geology category? I mean... we have so many useless categories with only 2 or 3 entries, and from the top of my head there are at least 5 geology comics... (this one, the one where cueball sits on his chair and looks down to the core and gets scared, the one with the geology sex puns, the one with the real time plate tectonics game, the one where a trophy hunter takes a piece of a rock and hangs it on the wall labeled "earth")... and with some actual searching I guess one could find more...
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== Third Doctor ==
 
 
'''Third Doctor'''
 
 
 
Anybody remember the Dr. who episode where the third doctor had to deal with people trying to break through the crust on an alternate Earth? {{unsigned|Keybounce}}
 
: Oh, THERE Liu Cixin stole the basic idea for his short "Mountain" :-) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.212|141.101.77.212]] 20:25, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 
  
I distinctly remember a previous comic along the same lines (something about studying the thing we're on), but don't have the time to track it down. {{unsigned ip|172.68.10.154}}
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Anybody remember the Dr. who episode where the third doctor had to deal with people trying to break through the crust on an alternate Earth?
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: Oh, THERE Liu Cixin stole the basic idea for his short "Mountain" :-)

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