Great Obstacles

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The project was going along just fine and things appeared to go very smoothly. But as we all know, life does not flow smoothly and so the researchers faced a ton of problems too. Among the issues they had to overcome, money was the biggest one. It persisted for a while and then eight years later, the funding was cut, and Project Mohole had to be abandoned. The Americans did not get to reach the mantle.