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On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:30:23 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 4/2/2025 7:23 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <vsii2g$11p8h$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> =93First Views Of=A0Earth's Polar Regions from SpaceX's Dragon =
Capsule
>>> As=A0Fram2 Mission Underway=94
>>>  =20
>>> =
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/first-views-earths-polar-regions-spa=
cexs-dragon-capsule-fram2-mission-underway
>>>
>>> =93Seventeen days after Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully rescued two
>>> stranded astronauts from the International Space Station, the rocket
>>> company that dominates the space race launched a=A0crew=A0of four =
private
>>> astronauts=97led by a crypto entrepreneur=97on the first-ever human
>>> spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.=94
>>>
>>> "SpaceX's sixth private astronaut flight (called "Fram2") blasted off
>>> atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy =
Space
>>> Center in Florida late Monday night, sending the Crew Dragon capsule
>>> Resilience into a polar orbit."
>>>
>>> =93SpaceX's website outlined more specifics of the=A0polar-orbiting =
mission:=94
>>>
>>> During their multi-day mission, Dragon and the crew will explore =
Earth
>>>from a polar orbit and fly over Earth's polar regions for the first=20
>>> time. They will also conduct 22 research designed to help advance
>>> humanity's capabilities for long-duration space exploration and
>>> understanding of human health in space. Throughout Fram2's time
>>> on-orbit, the crew are planning to take the first x-ray in space,
>>> perform exercise studies to maintain muscle and skeletal mass, and =
grow
>>> mushrooms in microgravity. Additionally, after safely returning to
>>> Earth, the crew plans to exit from the Dragon spacecraft without
>>> additional medical and operational assistance, helping researchers
>>> characterize the ability of astronauts to perform unassisted =
functional
>>> tasks after short and long durations in space.
>>>
>>> Super cool !
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>=20
>> Wonder if they'll be able to see down into Pellucidar?
>
>I think that was a tunnel into the Earth ?

I am taking it that by "tunnel" you mean something slanted, not
something that goes straight down.

As Wikipedia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_at_the_Earth%27s_Core] puts it:

"He enlists Tarzan, and a fabulous airship is constructed to penetrate
Pellucidar via the natural polar opening connecting the outer and
inner worlds."

I suppose it could really be the entrance to a tunnel, but I've always
thought of it as a very deep vertical hole.

It's been a while since I read the book.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"