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In the 1960s, Cousteau developed habitats so “aquanauts” could stay underwater for weeks. His 1964 film “World Without Sun” won an Academy Award. http://www.usni.org/hrp/SEALAB%20II%20on%20deckndate.htm.

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  1. In the 1960s, Cousteau developed habitats so “aquanauts” could stay underwater for weeks. His 1964 film “World Without Sun” won an Academy Award. http://www.usni.org/hrp/SEALAB%20II%20on%20deckndate.htm Shortly afterwards, the U. S. Navy carried out two successful underwater living experiments called “SEALAB.” A third attempt failed, and interest waned.

  2. Piccard’s “Trieste” By 1960, Swiss inventor Auguste Piccard, with support from the U.S. Navy, developed the bathyscaphe “Trieste.” This “underwater balloon” took Jacques Piccard and Lt. Donald Walsh to the bottom of the Mariannas Trench. They proved that life can exist even in the greatest depths of the oceans.

  3. Now, small maneuverable research submersibles, such as the “ALVIN” operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, provide access to deep-sea features not otherwise accessible. http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/CAPTIONS/18005895_P.html

  4. Drilling through the Crust Following up on the success of the “Trieste” in reaching the bottom of the ocean, the next challenge became finding a way to try to drill through the crust into the mantle. “Project Mohole” was initiated in the early 1960s to accomplish this.

  5. The Glomar Challenger was built as the world’s first deep-sea drilling ship to test the promise of Project Mohole. http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/glomar.html

  6. But when politics meets science… …opposition to the grants awarded by President Johnson ended Project Mohole. However, the “Glomar Challenger” was used by the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) to conduct many explorations of the sea floors that brought more information about our planet than Project Mohole ever would have achieved.

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