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General Thomas Percell:
How do we fix it? Dr. Josh Keyes:
We can't. General Thomas Percell:
Not in my vocabulary. Dr. Josh Keyes:
Then you might want to get one of those word-a-day calendars, General, because it's impossible. The core is the size of Mars. You're talking about jump-starting a planet. This is a superheated hyper-fluid of molten iron and nickel at 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And the deepest we've ever been is... 7 miles, with a two-inch drill bit. General Thomas Percell:
If we can go into space, we certainly... Dr. Josh Keyes:
Space is easy. It's empty. We're talking about millions of pounds of pressure per square inch. Even if we somehow came up with a brilliant plan to fix the core, we just can't get there
How do we fix it? Dr. Josh Keyes:
We can't. General Thomas Percell:
Not in my vocabulary. Dr. Josh Keyes:
Then you might want to get one of those word-a-day calendars, General, because it's impossible. The core is the size of Mars. You're talking about jump-starting a planet. This is a superheated hyper-fluid of molten iron and nickel at 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And the deepest we've ever been is... 7 miles, with a two-inch drill bit. General Thomas Percell:
If we can go into space, we certainly... Dr. Josh Keyes:
Space is easy. It's empty. We're talking about millions of pounds of pressure per square inch. Even if we somehow came up with a brilliant plan to fix the core, we just can't get there
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how do we fix it
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We can't
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Not in my vocabulary
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Then you might want to get one of those
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word a day calendars general because it's impossible
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The core is the size of Mars
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You're talking about jump starting a planet
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This is a superheated hyper fluid of molten iron and nickel
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at 9 000 degrees fahrenheit 2 000 miles down
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a thousand miles thick
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And the deepest we've ever been is
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Seven miles with a two inch drill bit
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If we can go into space we certainly
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Space is easy it's empty
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We're talking about millions of pounds
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of pressure per square inch
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Even if we somehow came up with a brilliant plan
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to fix the core we just can't get there
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Movie Summary
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Actors
Dr. Josh Keyes
Zimsky
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