Eureka Moment

[Specialist290]

So a thought just struck me a moment ago.

As many of you know, (SPOILER WARNING if you don't) there are two incredibly deep wells at Moho's north and south poles. No one's ever able been to reach the bottom of one successfully, but some people have managed to get quite deep. (Unfortunately, I think the thread detailing this was eaten by the Great April Forum Kraken.)

Meanwhile, here on Earth, there's a region of the planet's lithosphere called the Mohorovicic Discontinuity -- or "moho" for short -- that defines the boundary between the crust and the mantle. A number of scientific groups have tried drilling "moholes" all the way down there, but nobody has made it all the way just yet.

The question I pose is: Is it possible that Moho gets its name because it has a pair of natural moholes that reach all the way down to Moho's own moho?

[ROFLCopter64bit]

Probably. Until the devs properly explain all the easter eggs, we can't know for sure.

[Tw1]

Clever insight! It may well be so.

[That guy who builds stuff]

I always assumed it was a bug with moho's height map

[Temstar]

You know what was the first thing that came to mind when I saw there was a planet called "Moho?"

[Alephzorg]

Actually, if I remember correctly, someone detailed a mission that reached the bottom of the north pole pit. I don't remember how deep it was but a probe was sent and got stuck at the very narrow bottom. Let's hope that person notices this thread and tells us more about it.

[Endangerment]

There is a trilogy of books, the mars series, by Kim Stanley Robinson. They are about the colonisation of mars - I would heartily recommend them.

From memory they did large holes on mars to release heat into the atmosphere. I'm pretty sure they are called moholes, so suspect one of the devs has read the books.

[Johno]

Temstar: Good, I'm not the only old guy who remembers TA . . .

[katateochi]

You know what was the first thing that came to mind when I saw there was a planet called "Moho?"

Exactly!! I now think of two things when I hear 'moho'; TA and KSP!!