- t's no journey to the center of the Earth. Not yet, anyway.
But scientists do intend to drill the deepest hole ever made in the Earth's crust, deep beneath the oceans off the coast of Costa Rica, an effort to collect samples of the planet's mantle for the first time ever, according to a report at National Geographic News. Full story:
* Update: Does The Earth Harbors a Huge, Natural Nuclear Reactor at its Core?... Vast oceans lay beneath surface of the Earth... FILM: Journey to the Hollow Earth... LiveScience (28 February 2007): Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth... Apollo 8, Apollo 16 and Hollow Earth Theories: