If Earth collided with another planet

[Gondur]

A rocky Earth like exoplanet drifts into our solar system and will collide with Earth. It is 3 times the mass and diameter of Earth.

We build a spacecraft to drill into the core of the Earth prior to the impact. Assume our craft can withstand 'infinite' pressure and temperature and is therefore indestructible.

Our spacecraft burrows into the Earth's core and awaits the imminent impact.

When the impact does occur, the Earth's surface is vaporised and the Earth is then 'swallowed' by the Exoplanet.

During the impact, our spacecraft is transferred from the Earth's core into the mantle of the exoplanet.

At the end of the impact, Earth is destroyed and now forms part of the exoplanet.

The spacecraft now drills out from some distance inside the exoplanet to its surface.

The spacecraft now sits on top of the surface of the exoplanet.

The humans inside the spacecraft wait until the exoplanet is stable.

They get off the spacecraft and form a new civilisation on the exoplanet, which now orbits the Sun where the Earth used to do so.

Is a scenario like this possible?

Thanks.

 

[tnich]

A rocky Earth like exoplanet drifts into our solar system and will collide with Earth. It is 3 times the mass and diameter of Earth.

We build a spacecraft to drill into the core of the Earth prior to the impact. Assume our craft can withstand 'infinite' pressure and temperature and is therefore indestructible.

Our spacecraft burrows into the Earth's core and awaits the imminent impact.

When the impact does occur, the Earth's surface is vaporised and the Earth is then 'swallowed' by the Exoplanet.

During the impact, our spacecraft is transferred from the Earth's core into the mantle of the exoplanet.

At the end of the impact, Earth is destroyed and now forms part of the exoplanet.

The spacecraft now drills out from some distance inside the exoplanet to its surface.

The spacecraft now sits on top of the surface of the exoplanet.

The humans inside the spacecraft wait until the exoplanet is stable.

They get off the spacecraft and form a new civilisation on the exoplanet, which now orbits the Sun where the Earth used to do so.

Is a scenario like this possible?

Thanks.

There are a number of things about it that strain credibility. 1) An indestructible vessel which can withstand the heat and pressure of the Earth's core. 2) That humans could survive inside such a thing. The problem is that there is no way to keep the temperature the inside of the vessel from eventually reaching the temperature on the outside. 3) That humans could survive long enough inside such a vessel to wait until the new planet's surface cools down enough to be hospitable to life. We could be talking millions of years.

 

[Nugatory]

Is a scenario like this possible?

No. The problem starts with the sentence that reads "Assume [something impossible]".

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