Remember Project Mohole of the 1970's to drill a hole through the earth's
core near Hawaii? Was funded by NSF but I don't know if it ever got off the
ground, there was a question about what would happen when they managed tp
puncture the mantle.
nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Michael Merchant" <merchant~at~latech.edu>
To: <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: Journey to the Center of the Earth: Not Just a Fantasy Anymore
> "Journey to the Center of the Earth: Not Just a Fantasy Anymore
> Scientists Hope to Discover Just How Deep We Can Go"
>
>
<
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/191561/journey_to_the_center_of_th
e_earth.html>
>
> The journalist is a bit melodramatic - he says the mission to this
> mysterious hollow spot in the Earth is a secret one, yet he goes on to
> mention how the mission has a Web site, and how students are involved:
> <http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/gg/classroom~at~sea/JC007/about.html>. Yeah,
> secret...Not!
>
> TTFN,
> David
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