Breaking Records
Dmitry could only conclude that their measures of the seismic waves must’ve been wrong. He also discovered that his prediction for the environment at a depth of 49,000 feet was far from the facts. Even though they flew past the US record, they didn’t find what they expected.
There was no basalt at all. There was only granite. But that wasn’t what had him worrying. It was the number 356 that concerned him the most. Something was telling him that it would put an abrupt end to their project.