Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Drilling to the Mantle

We discussed, in previous units, the Earth and it's various layers.  Listen to the following link and find out what we would see if we were to drill to the center of the Earth.  What is Moho?  What are your thoughts?


Drilling to the Mantle 

182 comments:

keisersydney said...
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Madison Schnell said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma. A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. My thoughts are that I think it is a little risky idea to drill through the ocean because scientists dont know yet what might come out through the mantle (gases, liquids, solids, ect.). But, I think it will be an interesting project because this is the first time at attempt to get into the mantle, and I hope that the scientists on this project can get into the earth far enough and find out more about the Earth.
Also, I was wondering, what other interesting facts are there about the Moho?

keisersydney said...

Moho is the name they gave the drilling project in the 70s. I think that this plan is incredibly expensive, but it could help us understand the earth better, so im not sure if this would be as benificial as people think it would be, i mean, what if they dont make a big discovery of some kind?

anonymous said...

Moho is the discontinuity between the crust and the mantle of the earth, occurring at depths that average about 22 miles beneath the continents and about 6 miles beneath the ocean floor. Scientist our driling into the earth to trying to see what they can find. The mantle is the newxt layer down in our planet and we live on the crust, it is a layer about 3000 kilometers thick.

Ethan Mercurio
Ted Young

PAPATHANAS,ANTHONY said...

Moho is the operation to dig to the mantel and is the discontinuinity between the cryst and the earths mantle. I think that this idea is very stupid. First of all its going to cost 50,000 dollares a day to do this. second of all the farther you go down in the earth the hotter it gets so people could start over heating machines could also over heat and people could get hurt.

George McFarren said...

Scientists are trying to dig to the earths mantle. They are only about 1/3 of the way there. The mantle is the next layer down in the earth. This is the 50th aniversary of Project Moble. This was a project in the 60's that was ust like this one. They are drilling into hard crystalized rock. When oil rigs drill into the ground they drill into sedimentary rocks which are softer than crystalized rock. The drills have to be hardened steel that can handle very high temperatures. They will probably stop drilling when the money runs out.

:) Jaspers, Abby (: said...

I think that the drilling progect, called Moho, is a really cool progect that the are trying to do. However it is very expensive and will cost about 15,000 dollars a day. If it doesn't work then we are wasting a lot of money. But they could make an amazing discovery. We don't know EVERYTHING thats down there so it would be cool to see how it looks and how it actually moves and works. Do you think that the progect will work or do you think it wil fail?

PAPATHANAS,ANTHONY said...

I agree with Sydney Keiser. Because the project may cost more money but it will somewhat help us if we new what was down there. but it would be a big waste if nothing was down there but they said that they want to go doewn there to get a sample of something.

anonymous said...

Moho is the name of the drilling in the 70's. I think it is way to expensive to do something like that. If you were going to drill you would have to drill from the sea near hawaii or the coast of california. The people in the 70's did not drill far enough. I wonder why the stoped the drilling

~Daniel O'Hearn~

George McFarren said...

I agree with Anthony becuase I think it is a stupid idea too and I also agree that people can get hurt.

oleary stephanie said...

Moho is a name of projects for drilling in the 1970's.I think this may not be the best idea because they do not know what is below the surface. They could accendently hit a magma chamber or plates and create a possible expolosion,volcanoe or a earthquake.

batmanstake said...

under the pacif ocean they are drilling and going to the mantle. the mantle is the next layer down of our planet and it is the largest proportion of our planet. it is 3000 kilometers thick. they want to go down their to sample it. 50 years ago geologists had an idea that they could dig and get a sample of the mantle. it was called project molhole. the deepest hole drilled was 170 meters wich was 5000 meters from their goal (mantle). now they're drilling beneath the ocean where it is softer. this will cost 50000 dollars a day to drill.
YAHANZ VELASQUEZ

Madison Schnell said...

@Sydney, I think you are right, not knowing if it is a good idea or not, because it is very expensive, but what if they dont find what they are looking for? It would be a huge waste in money, and our economy is already down.

Royer Rachel said...

Moho is a project that scientists started drilling in the 70's and stopped. My thoughts are I think it is kinda dangerous drilling to the mantle because what if something very dangerous happened and it caused many people to die. But I also think it is very cool and intresting that scientists are trying to drill to the mantle because its the first time and scientists dont know what really to expect. I hope that the scientists can reach the mantle and be able to share their findings with everybody.
Does anybody know why scientists stopped Moho in the 70's?

Park Deborah said...

drilling in to very hard crystalized rocks and mantle
Moho-a project for drilling into the mantle in the 70's. I didnt know the mantle was so thick...it's 3000 kilometers thick! When i was little i always did think that when you dig down you would eventually reach china. I wonder who first thought of that. what will happen if we dug all the way down to the mantle? and how do the scienctist know that there is a mantle and core that is lava/magma? is the magma and lava inside the earth like the sun?

batmanstake said...

i agree with daniel and think that this project will cost too much and too expensive.
YAHANZ VELASQUEZ

Kilgore, Sydney said...

If we were to drill to the center of earth we would have to drill through the crust and many layers and layers of the earth,going through solidified magma. People are drilling in the Pacific Ocean and are headed for the earths mantle. they are now about a 3rd of the way there. The mantle is the largest poportion of our earth. Drilling to the mantle is much more difficult than drilling for oil because of the rocks.

Moho was a project in 1960's where they tried to get to the mantle, but they did not make it.

I think this will be a very hard project to accomplish, considering the hard rock and chamge of heat they must go through to get to the mantle, but i think if we do this we will learn alot more and possibly help us with things we need in the future.

anonymous said...

I agree with george because i think they probly will stop drilling when they run out of money. So I think if they dont have enough money to do it in the first place that they should put their money into somthing else.

~Daniel O'Hearn~

Royer Rachel said...

@ Madison:
I was thinking the same thing as you on how the drilling can be dangerous but intresting at the same time. I also would like to know more facts about the Moho.
Also do you know why scientists stopped Moho in the 70's?

anonymous said...

If you drilled into the middle of the earth you would find : Magma and Crystaline rocks .A moho is a oriject that scientists tried to drill in the 70's. My thoughts are : Liguids and gases could leak through the mantle . I hope scientists go on with this project to find out more about the mantle.
-Lexy,(:

Anonymous said...

if we were to drill into the mantle than we would see alot of things such as hot rocks and lots of partial magma and also rocks that are standing strait up in a layer of three feet of length.moho is a sizemic boundries of layers of a coarse sample?? it was kinda hard to hear what he said. i think that if they are drilling into the mantle that it is only pushing forward global warming

Hailey Hoover said...

kids and scientists are very interested in what is down below the sureface. people in costerica are drilling down to the mantle. the mantle is a land about 3,000 kilometers thick. it is made of magma and is the largest part of our planet. scientists just want to go down there to sample it. other people have tried back in the 1960's.it was called project blowhole.
if we were to drill into the mantle, we would reach magma. the rocks are supposed to be gas so we could dig deeper holes. moho is a project that took place in the 1970's.
I think that it wouold be very dangerous to drill that deep because the mantle gets very hot as you get deeper. also because scientists dont quit know what th effects of the gases are. even with all this risks, i think that it we be a great experience overall. it would be a great way for scientists to find out more about the earth.

Evan Triplett said...

Moho is the boundry between the crust and the mantel it is occurring 22 miles below the continents and 6 miles below the ocean floor.The mantel is about 2000 miles thick and scientist are so intested in dilling because they want to find what is really down there.

Sheridan,Megan said...

If we tried to drill to the center of the earth we would find magma and crystals. Moho is a project that scientists tried to drill into the mantle. I think that it would be risky because it costs about 15,000 dollars per day and if it doesn't work you just wasted money aand that would be the greatest risk. If it did work I think it would be really cool to see.

Kilgore, Sydney said...

Madison, Why do you think these people are trying to drill to the mantle? Is there something they need down there or are they just trying to research? I think they are doing it to research and learn more about the earth to help things in the future.

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anonymous said...

I agree with Stephanie . We dont know what is under the earth's surface so it might not be the best idea to drill into it .
-Lexy,(:

kaleb.quinlan said...

Moho is the project in the 70s that tists tried to drill to the mantle. I think that it will be cool if they make it to the mantle because we will learn so much more about the earth. Also I think it will take a while to get to the mantle.

anonymous said...

500 miles off the coast of costarica scientists are drilling to the mantle.there only a third of the way there but it has a lot possibilties.the mantle is just below the crust where we live.they want to get a sample of the mantle.this is redoing project mo hole from the 1970's the project was out of reach in the 70's because plate tectonics were a new thing at the time but now it is more fimilar so it is now possible

Adam Lyons

:) Jaspers, Abby (: said...

Madison Schnell: I agree that it is risky to drill down into the ocean because we could be drilling into gasses or oil that is bad for the earth. I don't think the Moho project worth hurting the earth but I also want to see what comes out of it. And i agree that it would be cool if the scientists could find more things about the earth with this progect.

Anonymous said...

i agree with daniel this project may be to exspensive and we might not even find something that is proven evidence i think we should use our money on something else

Park Deborah said...

Rachel, i am wondering the same thing. who was the one who stoped the drilling? and if they do find information they better share it with all of us! and if they never got to the mantle how do they know it is there? like the whole crust mantle and core thingy?

kiphart,shane said...

and my thoughts are that them drilling to the mantle and drilling 6 miles to past the crust and it gets hotter down there because of radioactive waste. and personle i think it might be very dangers and that the earth has a magnet field.and that they have hit a crystal line subs-tense and i just dont like the thought that the are going to the mantle . and know that they are going to the use some of the harden steel for the drill pits

Sean Laake said...

What would we see in the Mantle would be Gabbro, Sheeted Dikes, and lava rivers. They are taking samples of sheeted dikes which are about 3 inch long rock poles. Moho is the small area betweenthe mantle and the crust. But Project Mohole was used during the 1960's to study the mantle but the entire project had a miserable failure. Apparantly deep sea drillers can find oil 10 miles down but scientists are having difficulty drilling just a few miles! The drills are made of hardened steel, tungsen, and diamond dusted edges of the drill. So far the project Mohole II has no limit on how far they can go down, just as long as they don't go broke. But yet what good would this project do? Mr. Wilson just stated that this is more of fluff research, not exactly life-changing news. Its not like they discovered a new useful element to a long lost invention that does not have the right materials available. Mabey when they actually get a deep mantle sample they could explain how this can help. Because of the tight funding, many of these projects will go bankrupt before they even start.

Anonymous said...

the moho is the project name of the drilling sorry

Sheridan,Megan said...

Rachel,
I was wondering the same thing about moho and why they stopped it in the 70's ? I would like to find out more fascts and details about project moho. I was also thinking about what it would be like if something dangerous came out of this and how it would effect us ? but if it worked that would be neat.

kaleb.quinlan said...

I agree with Daniel O'Hearn because I also wonder why they stoped drilling when they did it in the 70s.

kiphart,shane said...

and im sorry this is for Shane blog from Shane a moho is a 70s project

Evan Triplett said...

I agree with yahanz it is really exspensive to pay 50,000 dollars a day just for drilling

anonymous said...

george i agree with your thought because when they run out of money theres nothing to fule the machine so they will be forced to stop

Adam Lyons

kiphart,shane said...

and i agree with Madison blog all her info is correct

Cecil,Tommy said...

Moho is a sizemic boundary project of the crust and the mantle. I think drilling into the mantel would be a good way to obtain new samples of rock.

Sean Laake said...

Vaive, you were right before, Moho is the area between the mantle and the crust, MOHOLE is the project in the 60's

keisersydney said...
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Hailey Hoover said...

@ abby jaspers:
the project would cost 15,000 dollars a DAY? that's a lot of money to be spending on a project that may not even work. yes, it would be great to actually see whats down there since we don't know, but it's really risky. to answer your question, i'm not really sure if th eproject will work or fail. the deeper we dig the hoter it gets, so that could be a problem. but, it's said that the rocks down there, are made of gas, so that's a plus. woth those facts, it could go either way. i hope it does work out though, because it would be great for science and so we wouldn't see all of that money go to waste.

Madison Schnell said...

@Rachel;
I think the Moho migt have stopped because there wasnt a huge budget to use, and they probably didnt have the best tools to get into the mantle safely.

ciARRa said...

a moho is the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle. i think that it may be dangerous idea to drill in the ocean because thier might be gasses or liquids that can be very dangerous

anonymous said...

If we drilled to the mantle we would see hot rocks and some magma. Moho was the name of the project to drill to the mantle back in the 70's before it was cancelled. I think doing this the government is going to loose money and was wondering who this information is going to help, us or scientist.
Brendan McWilliams

anonymous said...

Drew I was wondering how is it going to push globel warming forward.
Brendan McWilliams

Sheridan,Megan said...

George,
What is project moble? I wonder how they make a drill made of steel that can take really high temperatures ?

ciARRa said...

hailey,
that would be a great idea but thier might be liquids and gasses down thier and it could harm us.

Jordan,M,Malsbary said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma. A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. My thoughts are that I think it is a little risky idea to drill through the ocean because scientists dont know yet what might come out through the mantle (gases, liquids, solids,there could be oil in the way and we dont want that to happen again.) But, I think it will be an interesting project because this is the first time at attempt to get into the mantle, and I hope that the scientists on this project can get into the earth far enough and find out more about the Earth.
Also, I was wondering, what other interesting facts are there about the Moho?

KAM said...

If we would drill to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and layers magma. A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. My thoughts are I think it is kinda dangerous drilling to the mantle because what if something very dangerous happened and it could possably cause many people to die. But I also think it is very cool and intresting that scientists are trying to drill to the mantle.

McGinnis,Ben said...

under the pacif ocean they are drilling and going to the mantle. the mantle is the next layer down of our planet and it is the largest proportion of our planet. it is 3000 kilometers thick. they want to go down their to sample it. 50 years ago geologists had an idea that they could dig and get a sample of the mantle. it was called project molhole. the deepest hole drilled was 170 meters wich was 5000 meters from their goal (mantle). now they're drilling beneath the ocean where it is softer. this will cost 50000 dollars a day to drill.A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's.

Jedding, Lyd said...

Moho is a project that scientists started drilling in the 70's and stopped. My thoughts are I think it is kinda dangerous drilling to the mantle because what if something very dangerous happened and it caused many people to die. But I also think it is very cool and intresting that scientists are trying to drill to the mantle because its the first time and scientists dont know what really to expect. I hope that the scientists can reach the mantle and be able to share their findings with everybody.
Does anybody know why scientists stopped Moho in the 70's

McGinnis,Ben said...

i agrre with you madison i think it would be cool to find out more about the earth. i wonder what information could be used for.

Ryan, Marissa said...

Moho is a project in which scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70s. The project is a very expensive process that could or could not be worth the money and time put into it. I dont think this project is worth 50,000 dollars a day. Even if there is a discovery made, i dont think it will make up for the 50,000 a day. It could also be hard working conditions for the workers drilling because of the temperatures.

KAM said...

@Rachel;
I think the Moho migt have stopped because there wasnt a huge budget to use, and they probably didnt have the best tools to get into the mantle safely.

@Sydney
I think you are right, not knowing if it is a good idea or not, because it is very expensive ecspecialy if they dont find what they are looking for? It would be a huge waste in money, and our economy is already down.

anonymous said...

A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma.My thoughts are I think it is kinda dangerous drilling to the mantle because what if something very dangerous happened and it caused many people to die.I didnt know the mantle was so thick it's 3000 kilometers thick. I think it will be an interesting project because this is the first time at attempt to get into the mantle.


~Kailey Carter~

Oakes, Ally said...

A project where scientists tried to get to the mantle to learn more about it in 1961. I think it's cool how scientists have been working on the same project for around 50 years and still haven't found all of the answers; it really shows how we don't know everything.

Jordan,M,Malsbary said...

I agree with you sydney. I think that the project could be very expensive. I think they will get grants or we will have a fundraiser to get the money they need to conduct their projct.

anonymous said...

The middle of the Earth is crystalline rocks and magma. A Moho is the first project that scientisist tried to drill into the mantle in the 1960's. I think it's pretty dangerous to go alway down by the ocean and drill through it. What if something goes wrong? What if they drown or something? I think it's a huge risk that they are taking, who knows what they will find. And I also wonder why it's called the Moho? Is jt just a name they came up with or does it have a reason to it?

-Corissa Sturm,(:

Granger,Hannah said...

Moho is the name they gave the drilling project in the 70s. I think that this plan is incredibly expensive, but it could help us understand the earth better, so im not sure if this would be as benificial as people think it would be, i mean, what if they dont make a big discovery of some kind?

Granger,Hannah said...

Moho is the name they gave the drilling project in the 70s. I think that this plan is incredibly expensive, but it could help us understand the earth better, so im not sure if this would be as benificial as people think it would be, i mean, what if they dont make a big discovery of some kind?

Kelly said...

People are 500 miles off the coast of coasta recia and are drilling into the earth's mantle. The mantle is in the layers of the earth under the crust. They are a 1/3 way there and are going to get to the mantle. they already drilled though the crystiazied rocks.

anonymous said...

i think its a good idea to drill because we could find oil that could last for years but it is also dangerouse because we dont know if there are gasses that could harm living things ontop of the earth.
jr miller

Abby Bacher said...

If we were to drill to the middle of the earth, we would most likely see hard, crystalline rocks and magma. Moho- A project that the scientists tried to drill into the mantle for the first time in the 1970's. I think it's a bit...well, risky to drill through the ocean. I think this because scientists don't know what'll come out, such as solids, liquids, and gases, if we do drill through. Matter aside, it will definately be a fascinating project. It is the first attempt to drill through the ocean, however, so it'll still be a risky drive. I hope our scientists can drill through far enough so we can learn more about the Earth's interior.

Anonymous said...

its going to be hard because its taken the scientists this long just to get 1/3 of the way to the center of the earth and they are still going to drill without end until the center of the earth.
Moho was a project back in the 1960's this artist illustrated the center of the earth. We are celebrating the Moho 50th anniversery.

Granger,Hannah said...

Madison, i was wondering the same thing! I wonder if i do a little bit of research ill let you know if i find anything!

anonymous said...

Moho is the discontinuity between the crust and the mantle of the earth, occurring at depths that average about 22 miles beneath the continents and about 6 miles beneath the ocean floor.I think that it would be risky because it costs about 15,000 dollars per day and if it doesn't work you just wasted money.
JORDAN HARBOUR

Breadon,Zac said...

We would see magama and chrystaline from all those years. Moho is a project that scientist tried to drill into the earth back in the 1970's. i think that we should just leave the earth as it is. if we try to drill into the mantle something is bound to go wrong. But if they are going to drill into the mantle they need to do it away from water and civilization

anonymous said...

We would find layers of hardened magma if we tried drilling to the mantle. The mantle is about 3,000 km thick, one of the thicker layers of our planet. Moho is a project that tried to accomplish drilling to the mantle. I think that Moho could have been a dangerous project because we don't really know whats down there. If the scientists drill down and fall into some kind of underground lava lake or something, the project will be over. I do think it is a good idea for them to have the drill advanced 30 ft. in front of them so that they aren't at as much risk. I think it would be cool if they found some sort of practical use for drilling to the mantle.
Sam Tendam

anonymous said...

@Ryan, Marissa.
I agree with you, I doubt it will be 50,000 dollars a day, that's a lot I mean a month I would understand but a DAY ? & also don't you guys think that the scientisist could run into something dangerous? I wonder if they have any back up if something goes wrong with it.

-Corissa Sturm,(:

Abby Bacher said...

I agree with you, Drew. We will probably get to see things like hot rocks and particles of magma.

Oakes, Ally said...

I agree with Jordan because it is a very risky idea to drill through the ocean because scientists dont know yet what might come out through the mantle.

anonymous said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma. A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. My thoughts are that I think scientists will not know yet what might come out through the mantle. But, I think it will be an interesting project because this is the first time at attempt to get into the mantle, and hopefully the scientists on this project can get into the earth far enough and find out more about the Earth.

chase pearson

Brady Farmer said...

Moho is the name they gave to the drilling project in the 70s.I don't know for sure if they should drill to the mantle because it would take them a long time to get to the mantle and I don't think they would get any benefits from it except collecting data and things.

Kelly said...

i agree with george they might stop when they run out of money. the could possibly find more money though or get a loan. i think that project is really interesting. especially the moho. moho is the project to dig into the mantle but it stopped in the 70s.

anonymous said...

I agree with you george they probably will stop because if they dont have the money to do it in the first place they shouldnt start
Jordan

Brady Farmer said...

I would agree with Sydney Keiser.I don't think they should spend so much time and money to collect some data that they may already know.

Breadon,Zac said...

i agree with madison we dont know what will come out

anonymous said...

i agree with madison schnell about how we would like to learn more about the moho


chase pearson

Francis,Jarod said...

Moho is a project where a group of people attempted to go to the mantle. My thoughts about them drilling into the mantle is somewhat weird but, then again it's very good for science. It is alsovery dangerous because if someone is down in the shaft and it collapses they will die.

anonymous said...

@ Kaleb Quinlan:
It would be cool to get to the mantle, but even cooler to get to the center of the earth(or at least the outer core). That would be really cool, but REALLY hard to accomplish. Hopefully we don't waste all our money on drilling like we do other things.
Sam Tendam

Jedding, Lyd said...

@ Zack Breadon :

You have a valde point there is something that could go wrong. If something went wrong it would be very bad, since the economy3 is bad enough it would make eveerything worse if we drilled into the mantle

anonymous said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma. Moho is a project that scientists tried to drill into the mantle. I think that it would be risky because it costs about 15,000 dollars per day and if it doesn't work you just wasted money aand that would be the greatest risk. If it all worked out it would be cool to see.
David Meiners

anonymous said...

If we were to drill to the center of the earth we would go through alot of rock and crystals through much layers of all those materials.
the moho is the boundary between the crust and the mantle. I think the drilling could be very dangerous because it could maybe cause cracks in the ground and its a big risk for people to die doing that kind of job.the mantle is 3000 kilometers thick thats crazy i did not know the mantle could be that thick.They will stop the drilling when there are out of money , I wonder how much money it would cost to drill to the mantle????

hunter steimle

Francis,Jarod said...

I agree with Madison because it would be an iteresting project because it is the first attempt to get into the mantle bedsides Moho.

anonymous said...

i agree with daniel, what if we drill and use up all that money and dont really find anything ,its to expensive to do that you should use the money on something else

hunter steimle

anonymous said...

I disagree with you Marissa because wouldn't they drill to the center of the earth. Not use workers. The workers would work on the drill but not dig to the center.
David Meiners

anonymous said...

you would see crystal rocks and lava but it is exspensuve but can help us learn first they tried drillin to mantle in 70s but even know it exspensive help us learn better the earth
CHRISTIAN BOND

anonymous said...

i think if we drilled into the middle of the earth we would see magma and crystals and difrent kind of rocks. it would be realy hot there and could melt the drill. it would be cool to see the middle of the earth
taylor roberts

gorman,kyle said...
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anonymous said...

Moho is a project that failed but is now again promoted. The purpose of moho is the find out more about plate techtonics and how the form and what they create and if there is a newlayer of the Earth. Project moho is about 22 miles beanth the ocean.
Alex Richmond

klingelhoffer,sawyer said...

if we would drill a hole in the earth we would see a lot of rock and crystal. Moho is a project that scientists tried to drill a hole in the earth in the 1960's. My thoughts are that it is a little scary drilling into the mantle they never know whats going to come out. but still a little interesting that scientist are drilling deep down in the earth.

freel,amanda said...

Moho- A Moho is a project that scientists first tried and drill into the mantle in the 1970's. When/ or If we drilled into the middle of the earth we would surprisingly see hard crystalline rocks and magma. My thoughts are that: drilling into the mantle seems like it being a risky project. Scientists never know what could come out of the mantle like(gases, liquids, or even hard solids). Also, it does look like an interesting project to do/ or try.

Anonymous said...

Moho is the name of a drilling project in the 1970's. I think it will be really expensive to drill to the mantle. It will cost the government lots of money and our country is already in a huge debt. And didn't Obama freeze all government spending? However, scientists could make some kind of amazing discovery that could end up being very important. But I doubt that.

anonymous said...

Moho is the name of the drilling in the 70's. I think it is way to expensive to do something like that. If you were going to drill you would have to drill from the sea near hawaii or the coast of california. The people in the 70's did not drill far enough. I wonder why the stoped the drilling

Kristin Murphy , :)

freel,amanda said...

I agree with Sydney Keiser:
I agree with her because this plan/ project can be very expensive and also very risky.

Buelterman,Abbey said...

If we would drill to the center of the earth we would see magma and crystallize rocks.Well a MoHo is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the late 70's.Mythoughts are is that I think that the project was very interesting and to think when I was little I wanted to dig a hole to get to my friends house easier!

Buelterman,Abbey said...

I agree with Madison because I also think the project was very interesting!

Anonymous said...

@Hailey Hoover: Even though it would be interesting to see what is down there, I don't think our economy would be able to support it right now. It said it would cost almost 15,000 dollars a day!

Emily Renee Heckman :) said...

If we drilled down to the earth, we would see crystaline structures and lots and LOTS of Magma. Moho is the 70's project of when scientists tried to drill down to the Earth's mantle. Some of my thoughts are that drilling down to the mantle of the Earth could be risky because of the temperature of the Magma. Plus, there are some things that can get in your way and trap you. So, that kind of worries me in a way. In another way, drilling down to the mantle could be interesting because you could discover things that haven't been discovered. Maybe it could be a time capsule, or anything that sounds reasonable. I hope that the scientists start drilling soon and I hope that it will be successful. Good luck out there! :)

Anonymous said...

@ Kristin Murphy:
I agree completely. It would be way too risky and also very expensive.

Emily Renee Heckman :) said...

I agree with Emma Cliffe about how much it could cost the economy. And how the economy is clearly unstable nowadays. But, if the economy did allow this project, it could most definitely raise the dephicit. We surely don't want that because it could mean that our people could lose jobs and taxes could raise. So, good thinking Emma! :)

anonymous said...

Moho- a name of a project for driling in the 1970. I think it would be very cool to dril down to the mantle.

by:gillian melugin

Hutson,Caleb said...

You would find magma rocks crystals and the mantel.the mantle is the next layer in the earth.the scientist know it the most important chemical part of the earth.A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's.

Fairbanks,Joey said...

You would see metamorphic rock as you go down. you also would also feel a lot of heat. Project Moho is another attempt at drilling into the mantle that eventually failed. I think that it is really hard to drill into the earth very far.

Sara said...

Moho-when scientist drilled in the 70s

If we would drill to the center of the Earth then we would see alot of different layers of the earth, we learned about this earlier. For example the mantle, crust, core, and outer core.

When i was younger my cousins would dig to make a pool in their backyard. If it was possible to dig to China you couldnt go through the tunnel because it would get to hot because there is alot of het coming from inside of the Earth.

@ Hailey Hoover
I agree if scientist were to get and example of the mantel they could do alot with it and get to know more about the Earth and how it was formen, why it is so hot underneath. If they do try to dig undernath the crust and into the mantel i could be very serius as well as amazing adn we could get more information adn better observations.

anonymous said...

Moho is a project in which they drill into the earths mantle. it started in the 70s. It was incredibly expensive. I do not think this is a good idea because it is a waste of money. Although it has a little benifit it is very dangerous and expensive.

~Charles P FReudemann~

anonymous said...

If we were to drill into the mantel we would drill into crystalyne rocks that was formed by magma moho is the boundary between the crust and the mantle itself. My thoughts are in the future will we ever be able to get to the mantle through the crystalene structure and the moho?

-Dylan Humbert

anonymous said...

we would see hard crystalls,rocks and magma,a moho is a project when scientist first tried to drill into the mantel.i think it would be cool if we could drill into the mantel but it would be a long prossesNATHAN STENGEr

lemmink,kyle said...

we would see lots of cyrstals do to the heat of the magma in the center of the earth. a moho is a experiment that scientists tried in the 70's to try and dig a hole to the center of the earth. I think that it is an awesome idea to dig a hole to the center of the earth dangerous but a good idea

anonymous said...

I agree with Ted on what project moho is and howw it is or may be a new layer in the earth.
Alex Richmond

Hutson,Caleb said...

I agree with Madison Schnell i think it is very risky just to drill that deep into the earth i think many people could get hurt.

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Fairbanks,Joey said...

Anthony, I don't think that people go down with the drill. They said that they drill until they run out of money.

Xavier Frisch said...

Moho was a drilling project from the 1960's. I think it would be a very big scientific breakthrough if the actually, successfully drilled down to the Mantle. You could learn a lot more about the mantle IF you got a very deep sample. Well, maybe...

lemmink,kyle said...

i agree with ted and ethan because they had a lot of good information

anonymous said...

I agree with taylor roberts we might start to see magma and the drill will melt if there is magma.

by gillian melugin

anonymous said...

If we drilled into the center of the earth wewould see magma, rock, mud and hard crystalline. Moho wasthe frst project to try to drill into the center of th earth that took place back it the 70s. I think this is an exciting project but anything could happen. gases could come ot of the mantle and for all we know they could be toxic. It will also be nice to know a little more about our earth and what happens inside it.

Ryan Bussard

Xavier Frisch said...

@Kyle Lemmink
You are right, it is a cool and dangerous project drilling into the earth's mantle. I wonder when they will be able to drill to the core.

klingelhoffer,sawyer said...

@ Jarod Francis, i agree with you Jarod it would be dangerous to drill a hole in the mantle.

anonymous said...

I agree with you Madison Schnell I would also like to know other intresting facts of moho.

-Dylan Humbert

keene,carlie said...

the mantel is the next layer on the earth. we are on the crust and then the mantel in under the crust. mostly maltain lava and rocks being formed, they are drilling into very hard crystaline rocks, rocks that are formed from magma. a Moho is a boundry in the mantal. this is cool but what happends if they do get to the mantal? will the world come to a end? do they acually know what is down in the mantal or not?

anonymous said...

To: Danial ohern

I also would like to know why they stopped drilling beacause it could have told us alot more about our earth so why would they stop?

Ryan Bussard

anonymous said...

I agree with Tony that drilling into the earth is a bad Idea.

~Charles P Freudemann~

coors amber said...

A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's.

I think it would be weird if we drilled into the center of the earth. there would be a big hole in the center of the earth! would yhe hole ever foll back in and re-seal or would we have to re-seal it b/c that is a lot of layers to drill through and mabye it would grow back together so we wouldnt have a big hole in the earth but it would take a while for all of those layers to grow back b/c they have to grw one at a time

gorman,kyle said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see rocks. Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's and magma. I think that it would be very dangerous because you have no idea what going to come out.

Unknown said...

@ Shane. I am not sure that all of your concerns are founded. I don't think that the article mentioned anything about radioactive WASTE. The core is radioactive, but how would waste get there? Do you think that humans could put it there? What is the crystal lined sub-tense?

Bass,Zoey said...

if we ever did drill into the earth, we would find crystalic rock and magma...moho is a project scientists started in theb 1970's where they were digging into the earths mantle... i think that is a weird way to use our tax dollars, but there could always be some huge discovery that could be very benfitial to human kind...or, there could be some catastrophic catastrophy that could comepletly ruin the whole earth and all of us...I'm hoping for the better outcome of it...

Bass,Zoey said...

i agree with sidney kieser:
this whole opperation could be a huge waste of our taxes, but on the other hand it could really help us and how we live our lives...

gorman,kyle said...

To Anthony: I agree with the people getting hurt

coors amber said...

i agree with Abbey Buelterman. the project was very interesting!! i think it is weird that they tried to dig a hole in our earth. i wonder if they will ever attemt to do it again.

Duebber, Jenna said...

Moho was when they began to drill in the 1960's. Before drillers and scientists reach the mantle, they would have to pass through the crust. The crust includes the different layers of rock. The different layers are very thick and it is going to take a lot of time and money! When we finally reach the mantle we will be able to find a ton of information. I hope they will follow through on this drilling plan because if they don't it will be a waste of money.

anonymous said...

to debroah park how old were you when you found out that when you dig you wont hit china

Freeman Andrew said...

If we drilled to the middle of the earth we would see hard crystalline rocks and magma. A Moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. My thoughts are that I think it is a little risky idea to drill through the ocean because scientists dont know yet what might come out through the mantle. But, I think it will be an interesting project because this is the first time at attempt to get into the mantle, and I hope that the scientistscan get into the earth far enough and find out more about the Earth.

JenniferAlyssa❤ⓙⓔⓝⓝ❤ ◕‿◕ said...

Moho is the gap between the crust and the mantle of the earth.
It is 22 miles underneath the continents and around 6 miles underneath the ocean floor.
It's a boundary where seismic waves increase in velocity

Jenn Somtrakool

Aaron...Bettner said...

The Moho was the first attempt to get to the mantle. I think it would be cool to reach the mantle. If they did I would wanna see it. They should open it as a tourist destination! I mean come on that would be awesome.

Buis,Dylan said...

Moho was a project in 1960's where they tried to get to the mantle, but they did not make it.

If we were to drill to the center of earth we would have to drill through the crust and many layers and layers of the earth,going through solidified magma. People are drilling in the Pacific Ocean and are headed for the earths mantle. they are now about a 3rd of the way there. The mantle is the largest poportion of our earth. Drilling to the mantle is much more difficult than drilling for oil because of the rocks.

I think this will be a very hard project to accomplish, considering the hard rock and chamge of heat they must go through to get to the mantle, but i think if we do this we will learn alot more and possibly help us with things we need in the future.

Freeman Andrew said...

@ Hailey Hoover
I agree with you about how it is risky to drill into the mantle because of the heat.

dace,connor said...

We would see layers of crystals and solidified magma then the mantle. Moho is a project that scientists first try to drill to the mantle in the 70s. My thoughts are that it is a bit dangerous because scientists do not know what might come out of the mantle.

JenniferAlyssa❤ⓙⓔⓝⓝ❤ ◕‿◕ said...

@Megan Sheridan, I agree, it would be pretty ricky and it costs a lot of money

Aaron...Bettner said...

@ Kyle Lemmick
Kyle i agree thst it would be really cool. It would be cool to visit

dace,connor said...

@ Amber
I wonder if they will try it again too.

Mariah Smith said...

The Moho is the discontinuity between the crust and the mantle of the Earth. This project will be very expensive. If they are drilling through the ocean, who knows what they will find? Although this project is dangerous and expensive, it could also teach us a lot about the Earth.

johnsholly said...

if we drilled to the middle of the earth then we would see a hard crystalline rocks and some magma.the moho is a project that scientists first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's.i think that it is kinda risky idea to drill through the ocean because you do not know what could come through the mantle

anonymous said...

If we drilled to the middle of our planet earth we would see hard crystalline rock and magma A Moho is a project that scienceist first tried to drill into the mantle in the 1970's. My thoughts are that I think it is a little risky to drill the mantle.
Andrew Hudson

johnsholly said...

and i agree with madison because it is kinda risky drilling through the ocean

austin tilford said...

Scientists are drilling down to the mantle right now but they are trying to drill to the center of the Earth. Prodject Moho is a on drilling deeper into the Earth. The mantle is solid rock. The deeper you get down to the Earth the hotter it gets. The scientists need equiptment, like a drill that will not desinergrate. The drill will desinergrate from the hot temperatures down in the mantle.

anonymous said...

if we have have got drilled to the middle of the earth we would see the magma, rocks, and crystls. it would be very hot in the middle of the earth. the mantle is about 3,000 of it thickness and deep down into the earth.


kristan dalton

anonymous said...

I agrre with Madsion Schnell that its a little ricksy to drill into the ground.
Andrew Hudson

anonymous said...

a moho is when scientist first tried to drill into the mantle in the 70's. drilling in to the earths mantle would be cool, i think. you would get to see all the different layers of the earth. but it would probley be to dark ha

~beth~

anonymous said...

madison, schnell

I agree with you because if we did get to the middle of the earth then we would see crystals, rocks, and magma.


kristan dalton

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Giblin, Keegan said...

A Moho was a scientific project to drill into the mantle in the 70s. I think that this drilling for science but I don't know what impact it will have on the environment. Also, are the working conditions safe?

Mariah Smith said...

I agree with Abby- it isn't worth hurting the Earth or the people just to find what's on the mantle.

cade harvey said...

If you were to dig to the center of the earth you would first run into sediments then you would hit the crust then lava, gabbro, mantle. As you go deeper into the earth it would get hotter because the core is very hot and as you dig you are cut off from weather and cool air but the other reason you are getting closer to the core. Digging to the mantel has been tried before but it failed, but that was 50 years ago called project Moho. The scientists are still trying to reach the mantel because it could explain a lot about the past. To me it sounds a little farfetched but it could happen but maybe not in this generation.

Dorrington, Madison said...

Moho is the boundary between the crust and the mantle. I think that it might be a little dangerous to drill into the ocean because scientist don't know what might happen. Also because this is the first attempt to get intO the mantle. Also going into the ocean gets colder and going into the mantle is getting hotter. What will happen when the two react if the do react with each other?

@Madison s.
I also think it is dangerous/risky because you don't know what is down there and what will happen.

Giblin, Keegan said...

@ beth, I don't thnk you be able to drill and see the layers of the Earth because you're drilling through it.

Dickerson,Daniel said...

We would see rocks and magma if we were to drill into the center of the earth. Moho was the first attempt to drill to the mantle. I think it is a waste of time to dig to the mantle. Not to mention the high cost.

imushrush said...

It would be extreamly stupid to drill into the center of the earth. They could find crystaline rocks and sediments maybe fossils and stuff like that. Moho is a scientis project.

Kamilah Williams said...

-If we drilled to the center of the earth we would find magma and crystalline rocks
-Moho is a project scientist tried at first to drill in the mantle in the 70's
- i find this pointless year wasting your time and a lot of money to just see whats in the core and mantle.
-but what if you went into the earth and you find a fairy tale land just like in the movie The center of the Earth.

Jenn Davis said...

Moho is the first drilling project into the mantle in the 1960's.

The people who are drilling are only 1/3 of the way there. They had to go through the oceanic crust for a few miles then into the mantle. They use industry made drill bits made of hardened steel with tansdon carbite to drill into the mantle. The mantle is made up of magnisium cilicate.

cade harvey said...

Conner@
Yes it is unexpected of what could be in the mantel, but think of the good possebilatys. There could be cures, unatural resources or mabey new species! It is dangorouse but thing of the good things that could come out of it.

imushrush said...

Madison Schnell
I agree with you because stuff can go into the water efeecting everything creting huge polution. So hopefully they would be very careful doing something like that.

Dickerson,Daniel said...

Anthony, I agree with you. I think i is a waste of time and money to dig a hole in the earthto the mantle.

Kamilah Williams said...

i agree with you Madison Schnell this is risky and scientist dont know what there going to find. this isnt right. just like in the video on science friday they talk abg that this going to cost $50,000 a day just a day. i could use that to buy clothes and groceries.

Jenn Davis said...

@ Sara Dirr

Yes if you tried to dig to china it would get too hot but what if you dug off center a bit? Would it still get too hot? Would it be possible?

anonymous said...

Moho is the name they gave the drilling project in the 70s. Occurring at depths that average about 22 miles beneath the continents and about 6 miles beneath the ocean floor.We live in the crust of the earth.

By Luke Brockman.

imushrush said...

VaiveDrew:)
I agree with drew because it could very much so push forward into global warming

noah hartman said...

Moho- to drill through earth's crus and grab a piece of the mantel.It is a LONG, and HARD process. It will take 2 YEARS, and 50,000 DOLLARS A DAY !!!!!!xD I dont think they should do this because what if the lava came flowing out of the earth and destroyed it.

noah hartman said...

Madison Schnell and Milah Williams:
I agree with everything you say this is a risky thing to do and they have no idea what they will find. so they should leave this alone.

anonymous said...

Madison Schnell

I agree with you becuase many things can go into the hole and cause polution.

By Luke Brockman.

anonymous said...

It was a project to drill to the mantle and get a sample of the mantle. 50 years ago scientist first attemted to drill through ocenans crust to the earths mantle.
My thoughts are that its crazy that they are drilling so far down its amazing i wanna know it there really gonna reach it

A, Owen said...

A moho is a project that started in the 70s to try to drill to ther mantle but of corse they were not as technilogicaly advanced as we are today in the modern world. If we were able to drill to the mantle we mite find a new rock that is harder than dimond and may be even go down farther. There is one thing that I don't like about the project is that they are drilling in the ocean I mean cann't they see how much oil as been spilled into the ocean, and what they find a new gas or liquid that is toxic in some way and it finds its way up and out of the whole that they are digging. Maybe even a highly explosive gas goes BOOM and most of the workers can be hurt or killed. It's there risk to take but just keep this in mind when something happens and you get blamed.

A, Owen said...

Madisons right we don't know what could come out of the mantle thats why I think that they should at least drill in qurentine area so nothing happens to the rest of the world if somthing goes wrong.

anonymous said...

Moho is a project that took place in the 70's, a group of scientists would drill down into the Earth's layers or its mantle. If we drill down to the mantle we would see many rocks and magma. In my opinion I think it would be a beneficial expeirience but, they don't know what all may come up when drilling. I think the scuentists most likely know what they are doing, so I think it would be beneficial and useful. Another concern is , what if this causes a oil leak in the ocean. For the most part it sounds risky but In think its worth a shot.

- Michael Van Schoik

anonymous said...

George and Anthony are right, it is fangerous and people could get hurt, but I don't think it is a stupid idea. It could be useful to learn about the earth's layers and what the mantle really looks like.

- Michael Van Schoik

Reichling,Alex said...

If we drilled to the Mantle we would see crystalline rocks and magma. Moho is the project Where scientists first tried to drill into the mantle. I think it would take way to long to drill into the mantle. I also think it would be too dangerous and cost a lot of money and it might not even work because the temperatures are hot.

Reichling,Alex said...

I agree with Sydney Keiser, that even though it would be expensive to drill to the earth it would be worth it because scientist would be ble to better uderstand earth