I read it was six, running 24 hours a day, which moved 27,000 metric tons of sand.
Which, sounds like a lot of sand to me. Seems like software engineers would have the best understanding of slowly but steadily working towards a goal since that's been my life since I started in this field!
But, also, I admittedly bit the hype train too on how hard it was going to be to get this thing dislodged.
A cubic meter of wet sand weighs about 2 metric tons. 24/7 excavation is easy to underestimate like sailing ship traversal under way: yes, a sailing ship only makes 4 knots (or whatever), but it dies so for 168 hours a week.
Which, sounds like a lot of sand to me. Seems like software engineers would have the best understanding of slowly but steadily working towards a goal since that's been my life since I started in this field!
But, also, I admittedly bit the hype train too on how hard it was going to be to get this thing dislodged.