I think the journalist just didn't understand exactly what this mission did[0]. It drilled through 1 177 meters of rock, in a place where the ocean floor was 4

I think the journalist just didn't understand exactly what this mission did[0]. It drilled through 1 177 meters of rock, in a place where the ocean floor was 4 776 meters below the surface. [0]http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/370/101/370_101.html http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/370/101/370_101.htm...