China builds massive deep drilling vessel 'Mengxiang', aims to breach earth's crust and extract samples from the mantle
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China builds massive deep drilling vessel 'Mengxiang', aims to breach earth's crust and extract samples from the mantle

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China has unveiled its ‘best in class’ ocean drilling vessel named ‘Mengxiang’ to penetrate the earth’s crust and extract samples from the mantle. As per reports, the ultra-deep ocean drilling vessel Mengxiang, whose name means ‘dream’ in Mandarin, has been built to carry out one of humanity’s most challenging missions till date, to drill through the earth’s outer crust. Can it endanger… pic.twitter.com/Ce90Iwkzm7 — WION December 29, 2023 Why does China want to reach the mantle The outer crust, mantle and the core constitute the 3 main layers of the planet Earth. Samples from the earth’s mantle, if successfully obtained, will open a whole new frontier of exploration and research to understand the planet better, as per Chinese scientists.

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