Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth’s crust, as the world’s second largest economy explores new frontiers above and below the planet’s surface
hinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter hole into the Earth’s crust, as the world’s second largest economy explores new frontiers above and below the planet’s surface.
The narrow shaft into the ground will penetrate more than 10 continental strata, or layers of rock, according to the report, and reach the cretaceous system in the Earth’s crust, which features rock dating back some 145 million years.
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