NASA’s $3.5 Billion Idea To Save Earth From A Supervolcano Apocalypse

Yellowstone National Park sits atop a massive supervolcano that’s considered one of the greatest volcano threats in the county.  While experts estimate that a super-eruption might not happen for another few million years, NASA scientists performed a thought experiment to determine how we could prevent Yellowstone from ever erupting again. Their hypothetical idea involves cooling the volcano down by pumping cold water into a series of wells around its perimeter. If implemented, the scenario could potentially save Earth from a super-volcano apocalypse.

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NASA’s $3.5 Billion Idea To Save Earth From A Super-Volcano Apocalypse

[mandesano]

$3.4 billion is a cheap price. The United States spends $600 billion on defense.

[Nick.L.]

3.5 billion to save around 7 billion people, *that's 2 people for each dollar*

[artisteric]

“The volcano is still sleeping and probably will be for a while” - sounds like something a super volcano would say

[wenops]

Just use a water bucket and make the lava into obsidian

[BansheeTheThirddd]

Very easy just put some flex tape to cover the hole in the vulcano and its fixed

[DoctorDuke]

We should take the supervolcano and push it somewhere else!

[pencilpapermanga]

“Yellowstone was supposed to erupt 40, 000 years ago”

2020: *”are you challenging me?”*

[Suphave]

Nah that's just a cobblestone generator, smh NASA stealing ideas from minecraft

[Krish_krish]

2:32 if you're actually looking for the answer

[jkgrey]

drilling into an active supervolcano. what could go wrong

[irwinpapi]

Guy don’t worry, the volcano can’t erupt without our consent . 💁🏽‍♂️

[begood]

Let's just get yellowstone and push it somewhere else

[Chriss-oynk]

It would create the biggest cobblestone farm...

[aponed]

NASA in 2019:
“This volcano is a problem.

It erupts every 600, 000 years.

The last time it erupted was about 600, 000 years ago.

Also NASA in 2019: “Don’t worry, we probably have another few million years before it erupts again.”

[xKarma_]

*volcano erupts*
“At least we saved money.”

[gamezone]

Just cover the whole crater with flex seal and flex tape



*EZ*

[artorias]

Just throw a reverse card inside the volcano lmao

[TonyhatesLegopeople]

Yellowstone was supposed to erupt 40, 000 years ago.


2020: fine il do it myself

[Mrbadassovrhere]

But that's only 1% of the United States Military budget.

[kingpablothestoverlordoft]

Well, one thing's for sure. If Yellowstone erupts in our lifetime, michael bay is gonna bust a fat one.