Syzygy1 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 China Syndrome is about a nuclear reactor and has nothing to do with China. Why is it called the way it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 China syndrome is a term for nuclear meltdown. There was a 70's disaster movie with the name too. It comes from the idea of the nuclear material melting through the structure, the ground and all the way to China 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 According to Wiki: The "China syndrome", a nuclear meltdown scenario so named for the fanciful idea that there would be nothing to stop the meltdown tunneling its way to the other side of the world ("China"). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Thank you. ...*goes off to make a hack called Meiling Syndrome* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I am sure this term was brought up by some media person, with F ratings in geography and physics at school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 What's the matter with you man?! Didn't you ever see the movie "The Core"? It's totally possible! Delroy Lindo proved it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkham Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) What's the matter with you man?! Didn't you ever see the movie "The Core"? It's totally possible! Delroy Lindo proved it! The Core ruled! Pretty sure "digging to China" was a common Looney Tunes feature, too, and as we all know, those cartoons had documentary levels of factual accuracy. Edited April 12, 2016 by Sharkham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 When I was a kid, the other side of the world was always China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 It all depends on the angle that you're tunneling at. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 It all depends on the angle that you're tunneling at.Tell that the core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 If there really was a tunnel to China and you threw something into it then what would happen once it reached the core? Would it just stop and float there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 A tunnel from USA to China would not go through earth's core. If you would create a tunnel to the real antipode (Indian Ocean) and there is no friction, the melted core would oscillate between the USA and the Indian Ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 A tunnel from USA to China would not go through earth's core. I never specified where the tunnel was dug from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Don't forget our hypothetical tunnel is twirling like a baton. And the trail will need to counter those g forces in a frictionless manner. Someone once told me it would take either 17 minutes or 42 minutes (don't recall which) to get from any point to any other point if you fully utilize free-fall and eliminate air and tunnel friction. One heck of a claustrophobic mode of travel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) 42 minutes is correct. Claustrophobic (and hot!), but zero-gravity fun for 21 minutes. Edited April 12, 2016 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Isn't it full of Kaiju? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 So if the meltdown reached China, say goodbye to Chun-Li and Hong Meiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Didn't like the movie, but Jane Fonda was looking hot (high voltage syndrome) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkham Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Isn't it full of Kaiju? I thought the center of the Earth was full of mole-people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I recall an interview with a visual effects person who worked on The Fall for the Total Recall remake. He essentially said that it wouldn't actually work as shown, but it looks neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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