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Drilling to Earth’s Mantle
October 8, 2012 | CNN

A CNN.com article describes a proposed attempt to drill to Earth’s mantle in the Pacific Ocean using the Japanese deep drilling ship, Chikyu.

“It will be the equivalent of dangling a steel string the width of a human hair in the deep end of a swimming pool and inserting it into a thimble 1/10 mm wide.” Quote from project leader, Damon Teagle.


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