Explore: Mohole Project

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

Jolla, California. He began his career working with the Mohole Project, an ambitious project that attempted to drill to the Mohorovičić discontinuity

American (September 2005) (archived 17 October 2007) Information on the Mohole Project (archived 2 November 2015) Portals: Geology Earth sciences Astronomy

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

continental crust. The first attempt at mantle exploration, known as Project Mohole, was abandoned in 1966 after repeated failures and cost over-runs. The

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

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

its lifting cradle using concepts developed with Global Marine (see Project Mohole) that used their precision stability equipment to keep the ship nearly

was also involved in many other scientific endeavours, including the Mohole project (1957–1966), an investigation onto the feasibility and techniques of

economical. As part of Project Mohole, in 1961 the drillship Cuss 1 was fitted with four steerable propellers. The Mohole project was attempting to drill