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Re: Earth heat production and radioisotopes, etc.



     >      As for having some "Inner Earth Vehicle" tunneling down into the
     > Earth, Good Luck!!!!  The Earth Pressures grow fairly quickly.  And as for having
     >  an experimental probe go into the Earth, it may get to a fair depth, but
     > I believe any measurement electronics will fail miserably once the 
     >temperature and pressure get high enough.
 
 
There would also be a serious materials problem in making such an Inner Earth Vehicle. Molten rock is about as good a solvent as there is. The  "vehicle" would have to made of something resistant to dissolving in molten rock. I have no idea what that might be.