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    Project Mohole was an attempt in the early 1960s to drill through the Earth's crust to obtain samples of the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, the boundary...
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    its lifting cradle using concepts developed with Global Marine (see Project Mohole) that used their precision stability equipment to keep the ship nearly...
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    Project Mohole was an attempt to drill to the Moho from deep-ocean regions. After initial success in establishing deep-ocean drilling, the project suffered...
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  • two or more members were together. The most famous project to come out of AMSOC was the Project Mohole, whose goal was to drill into the Earth's mantle...
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  • August 14, 2011. The National Academies. "Project Mohole: Commemorating the Accomplishments of Project Mohole 1961-2011". Archived from the original on...
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    center of the planet and ending on the other side Scientific drilling Project Mohole, an ambitious attempt to drill through the Earth's crust into the Mohorovičić...
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    continental crust. The first attempt at mantle exploration, known as Project Mohole, was abandoned in 1966 after repeated failures and cost over-runs. The...
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    Kola Superdeep Borehole (category Cancelled projects)
    or removed. The United States had embarked on a similar project in 1957, dubbed Project Mohole, which was intended to penetrate the shallow crust under...
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    fleet. The first offshore drillship was the CUSS 1 developed for the Mohole project to drill into the Earth's crust. As of June 2010, there were over 620...
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    Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin (DSV-2) Project Mohole MIR (submersible) Piccard 1956, p. 107. "First Trip to the Deepest Part...
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