The secret on the ocean floor

[Judi Lynn]

By David Shukman

A wave of pioneers is poised to scoop up treasure from the deep sea.

But was this ocean mining boom sparked by a 1970s CIA plot?



In the summer of 1974, a large and highly unusual ship set sail from Long Beach in California.

It was heading for the middle of the Pacific where its owners boasted it would herald a revolutionary new industry beneath the waves.

Equipped with a towering rig and the latest in drilling gear, the vessel was designed to reach down through the deep, dark waters to a source of incredible wealth lying on the ocean floor.

It was billed as the boldest step so far in a long-held dream of opening a new frontier in mining, one that would see valuable metals extracted from the rocks of the seabed.

More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/deep_sea_mining

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. wow

Not what I expected at all.

[Igel]

2. No expectations here.

I was wowed by the idea of those wonderful manganese nodules.

At the same time, part of my brain wondered, "Why, exactly, did they form?"

And I never got a good answer.

One part of my brain said, "Observed, therefore true" and another part said, "Not bloody likely."

So for 35 years or so, cognitive dissonance.

That V7 chord just resolved to a glorious I chord.

[Eko]

3. major minor to half diminished to the 1.

Or 5,7,1. Thats the one I like lol.