James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger To Kiss The Deepest Of The Earth!
Take her to sea, Mr. Murdoch.
To those who have often wondered what the ocean holds in her womb may actually get their answers pretty soon. It's a first time ever that a vertical submarine shall be employed to explore the deep, unlike the horizontal conventional ones. Yes, James Cameron, with his highly whacky imagination, is the man who worked out this concept of the James Cameron gets ready to dive to the Mariana Trench - BBC News. Holy-Gawd-CrazyEngineering-Genius-This!
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The Deepsea Challenger
Alfred S McLaren, a retired navy submariner who assists a company making submersibles(smaller vessels that go way deep), stated that this was the first time anyone's trying out such a thing. He believes that besides being a great idea, this also adds up for clever. Cameron announced his plan to go solo on this machine earlier this month, riding it approximately 7 miles down the Western Pacific. Aptly nicknamed "vertical torpedo", the axis of this 24 feet long vessel is vertical, thus pacing the plunge. He aims at faster fall and an equally faster rise, so that he could utilize maximum portion of his available time exploring the seabed. He wishes to explore the deep for at least six hours.
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The Vessel In Action
To those who have often wondered what the ocean holds in her womb may actually get their answers pretty soon. It's a first time ever that a vertical submarine shall be employed to explore the deep, unlike the horizontal conventional ones. Yes, James Cameron, with his highly whacky imagination, is the man who worked out this concept of the James Cameron gets ready to dive to the Mariana Trench - BBC News. Holy-Gawd-CrazyEngineering-Genius-This!
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The Deepsea Challenger
Alfred S McLaren, a retired navy submariner who assists a company making submersibles(smaller vessels that go way deep), stated that this was the first time anyone's trying out such a thing. He believes that besides being a great idea, this also adds up for clever. Cameron announced his plan to go solo on this machine earlier this month, riding it approximately 7 miles down the Western Pacific. Aptly nicknamed "vertical torpedo", the axis of this 24 feet long vessel is vertical, thus pacing the plunge. He aims at faster fall and an equally faster rise, so that he could utilize maximum portion of his available time exploring the seabed. He wishes to explore the deep for at least six hours.
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The Vessel In Action
To achieve steadiness, the craft shall rotate on its vertical axis. The modern depth record has already been broken by this craft during the test dive, going down way over 5 miles. Built in Australia, the making of this craft was kept highly confidential, and the concept took over eight years to materialize. Cameron believes this vessel could be of a great use to scientists and oceanographers who wish to study the abyss in detail. The vessel is sponsored by National Geographic and Rolex, plus funds by Cameron himself. Except for the metal sphere seating Cameron, the rest of the sub is built of syntactic foam, very alike the thing a surf board is made of. It counterbalances the weight of the pilot's chamber, which has to keep him safe from a 1,000 atm pressure. This submarine's also equipped with 3D cameras and a powerful lighting system, assisting the filmmaker in documenting his adventurous journey in the blue.
For now, Cameron and his team are just awaiting calmer seas, to boldly open the gates to a whole new world of uncanny life forms. Once on the vessel, Cameron is expected to stuff his 6'2 long frame in a unique thick-metal ball, about 43 inches wide, compulsorily keeping his knees bent and body principally motionless. The plan requires him to stay in that setting for nearly nine hours. But well, with the rewards at the end, this effort seems worth it! What do you think?
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