2026-09-26 08:47 UTC
@appassionato@mastodon.social one of the most absurd aspects is that (if my understanding is correct) the whole "mining deep sea nodules" is based on fake science research papers published by the CIA to justify the GLOMAR Explorer "scientific expedition", and building the ship.
All because they needed a cover story to the mission to try and steal a Russian sub (which failed, BTW).
The incident that gave the world "we cannot confirm nor deny" also gave us "seabed mining" (99% of it is a financial scam).
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@appassionato@mastodon.social 2026-09-26 09:30
@renatoram@fosstodon.org 1/ Spot on about Project Azorian and the Glomar Explorer! That CIA cover story is one of the wildest pieces of Cold War history, and it definitely thrust nodule mining into the public eye. The irony is that polymetallic nodules were actually discovered way back during the HMS Challenger expedition in the 1870s. The CIA used it as cover precisely because real interest was already brewing.