by MontagFTB on 5/18/2025, 2:46:55 PM
by dmoy on 5/18/2025, 4:46:41 PM
Oh shoot I thought this was gonna be about the other hell gate: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater
Similar approach though I guess? Blow it up / set it on fire and hope for the best
by monster_truck on 5/18/2025, 7:39:34 PM
1 in 50 ships getting stuck (1,000 a year) is wild. So are their discoveries
> That an unlimited number of mines may be simultaneously fired by passing electric currents through the platinum wire bridges of detonators.
Was this really the first time anyone really 'went for it' with detonators? Surely there's an upper limit to how many it can set off
by ddulaney on 5/18/2025, 3:17:34 PM
It’s fascinating to me what a different view of risk we had in the past.
The no damage being caused on the surface was a “new fact”. That would never fly today, for better or for worse.
Additional details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Hell_Gate_rocks