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Bill Phil

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1 hour ago, cubinator said:

Hmmmm...

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Also where is that, that's a really long tunnel. Is this a new tunnel?

The LHC still hasn't had rails installed there? Wow...

Anyways... I feel like making cheaper tunnels undermines Mars colonization, at least if we're justifying said colonization with "survival of the species," since we could just build underground settlements...

Is that what Kerbals do? Live underground...?

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YNM

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2 hours ago, cubinator said:

Currently they haven't figured out how to make a tunnel through the ocean, so not yet.

Call Statens Vegvesen.

 

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2 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

So, they're going to surround Rainier with water to make it an island?!

Yes, they need a moat so that they have a place to put the laser sharks.

8 hours ago, YNM said:

Call Statens Vegvesen.

I was thinking on the lines of Boring Company's own tunnel machine, which can't make an underwater tunnel.

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1 hour ago, cubinator said:

I was thinking on the lines of Boring Company's own tunnel machine, which can't make an underwater tunnel.

Source?

It seems like nominal tunneling anywhere would be at risk of boring under the water table. The water table in LA is only a few meters below the surface on average (~3-4 m).

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27 minutes ago, tater said:

Source?

It seems like nominal tunneling anywhere would be at risk of boring under the water table. The water table in LA is only a few meters below the surface on average (~3-4 m).

If you wanted to tunnel to a volcanic lair on a Pacific island, though, you'd probably have to put it at the bottom of the ocean, which would be a little harder than a typical water table.

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10 minutes ago, cubinator said:

If you wanted to tunnel to a volcanic lair on a Pacific island, though, you'd probably have to put it at the bottom of the ocean, which would be a little harder than a typical water table.

It would certainly be deeper, no question. For getting to his volcanic lair, I'd suggest A BFR landing inside the caldera, safe from view. :D

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11 hours ago, cubinator said:

you'd probably have to put it at the bottom of the ocean, which would be a little harder than a typical water table.

Or just make them floating/"flying" inside the water.

 

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