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27-03-2012, 09:36 AM | #1 | ||
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It's a wonder this amazing effort hasn't been more newsworthy, especially considering the Aussie input! (A Sydney company built the thing)
The dive actually happened yesterday. Imagine 16,500 PSI.. That's over 7 tons per sq inch! He is just the 3rd person (and the 1st solo) to go to this depth... Anyhow.. check the website.. Quite incredible I reckon? http://deepseachallenge.com/the-sub/
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27-03-2012, 10:08 AM | #2 | ||
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Amazing, pushing the boundaries thats for sure.
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27-03-2012, 10:10 AM | #3 | ||
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Yep - this is a pretty amazing achievement really...
Can't wait to see the footage that they release... It will be like an alien landscape - something so pure that has NEVER ever been seen by humans before, and possibly never will again (given it cost James Cameron $30mil to get this far)... The nerd inside of me is very impressed with this adventure...
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27-03-2012, 10:10 AM | #4 | ||
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Amazing part is that the previous descent was 52 years ago. A bit like going to the moon again, or is it?
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27-03-2012, 10:35 AM | #5 | ||
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Looking forward to the doco they will make out of this , would of been an awesome trip down there
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27-03-2012, 05:48 PM | #6 | ||
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There is going to be some seriously crazy aquatic life down there.
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27-03-2012, 07:21 PM | #7 | ||
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I love this stuff!!
I was listening to an audio book on the history of science driving home on the highway today, and they said on this very subject: "We have better and more detailed maps of the surface of Mars than we do of the sea floor of our own planet"... Can't wait to see the footage in full. |
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