Comment Straight Dope covered this in 1979... (Score 1) 122
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/154/what-if-you-fell-into-a-tube-through-the-earth
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/154/what-if-you-fell-into-a-tube-through-the-earth
One of the authors is a Catholic priest. He probably blessed the drives first.
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