James Cameron gets ready to dive to the Mariana Trench - Polidicks

Cameron is a cool guy, i'm fascinated by the ocean but i'd be WAY too terrified to even attempt something like this.

[QUOTE=luverofJ!93;35214212]He must be pretty cocky considering he named it the Deepsea [B]Challenger[/B]. Let's hope its nothing like the Space Shuttle Challenger [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster[/url][/QUOTE] The first ship to discover the Marianas Trench was the HMS Challenger. (that expedition also basically invented Oceanography). The deepest point on the trench is known as the Challenger Deep.(named after the HMS Challenger) Which is where Cameron will be diving. I'm assuming it has something to do with that. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Challenger_%281858%29[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_deep[/url] The mission to dive the Challenger deep is called the Deepsea Challenge. I guess the point they're trying to make is that diving to the deepest point on earth is a challenge. [url]http://deepseachallenge.com/[/url]

This sort of thing almost makes traveling to the moon look EASY by comparison.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;35214286]I thought it was because of a piece of foam getting jammed somewhere.[/QUOTE] nah, i mean im not doubting that that may have happened, but the primary reason was a o-ring burst, shooting liquid oxygen all over everything, freezing and shattering (then exploding) a major support beam which then sliced an enormous gash through the whole fuelstack, que earth shattering explosion.

[QUOTE=Sobek-;35214385]This sort of thing almost makes traveling to the moon look EASY by comparison.[/QUOTE] The engineering challenges both have to face are extreme in their own ways. To get to the moon you have to traverse extreme distance and ride a vehicle that can rocket you said distance and back. To get to the challenger deep you need to construct an incredibly strong pressure vessel that can withstand the intense pressure.

[QUOTE=OvB;35214428]The engineering challenges both have to face are extreme in their own ways. To get to the moon you have to traverse extreme distance and ride a vehicle that can rocket you said distance and back. To get to the challenger deep you need to construct an incredibly strong pressure vessel that can withstand the intense pressure.[/QUOTE] On that note, I swear I read somewhere that one of the competitors was planning on using quartz for their cockpit windows instead of glass.

Watch the seafloor open up and swallow him. Suddenly he'll surface, 3 years later in an entirely different craft and have a whole documentary of him surviving the lost city of Cthulu.

[QUOTE=CG-105;35213635] Hyperspace initiated.[/QUOTE] First thing i thought when I saw it.

[QUOTE=OvB;35213734]Yeah. We've done it with a drone before. Does that mean we shouldn't put people there?[/QUOTE] No, I was just saying that I was incorrect for assuming that there were no pictures of the bottom.

how does he poop

[QUOTE=J!NX;35216279]how does he poop[/QUOTE] he puts in in a bottle with some toilet paper then sends it to the surface of course

[QUOTE=Cone;35216292]he puts in in a bottle with some toilet paper then sends it to the surface of course[/QUOTE] for a second I believed that :downs:

[QUOTE=CG-105;35213635][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1LShP.jpg[/IMG] Hyperspace initiated.[/QUOTE] Oh my god I was going to post the exact same thing

[QUOTE=ewitwins;35214548]On that note, I swear I read somewhere that one of the competitors was planning on using quartz for their cockpit windows instead of glass.[/QUOTE] Fused quartz, not naturally occurring quartz. Its stronger than glass and has better optic qualities.

You know, even if you got past the claustrophobia and fear that the atmosphere outside your craft can kill you instantly - I'd shit my pants the instant anything as big as a six-gill shark passes by. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHuvs9Qqa5o[/media]

[QUOTE=Mingebox;35213769]Didn't the windows during the first attempt start to crack? I'd be terrified going that deep as it was, but seeing the windows crack would make me faint.[/QUOTE] At depth if the windows cracked you wouldn't have time to faint before you were dead.

[QUOTE=BigOwl;35214578]Watch the seafloor open up and swallow him. Suddenly he'll surface, 3 years later in an entirely different craft and have a whole documentary of him surviving the lost city of Cthulu.[/QUOTE] Suddenly, that's a film.

I hope nothing goes wrong, I need AVATAR 2.

The mans obsessed with the deep sea, anybody see "Aliens of the Deep" it was really good.

[QUOTE=krazipanda;35214395]nah, i mean im not doubting that that may have happened, but the primary reason was a o-ring burst, shooting liquid oxygen all over everything, freezing and shattering (then exploding) a major support beam which then sliced an enormous gash through the whole fuelstack, que earth shattering explosion.[/QUOTE] I'm fairly sure the O-ring failed while the SRBs were already firing, as in it wasn't freezing or shatter that destroyed the fuel tank, but rather burning gases that put a hole through the O-ring, redirecting the rocket exhaust onto the fuel tank.

[QUOTE=Mabus;35217086]The mans obsessed with the deep sea, anybody see "Aliens of the Deep" it was really good.[/QUOTE] yeah, Titanic also has a diving moment, which was expanded into his later film "Ghosts of the Abyss". you can't forget his earlier film "the Abyss" too, :P surprised no one has made a joke about him encountering NTIs down thar.

I think he wants to find the underwater species from his own movie The Abyss [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/[/url] (Aka a movie where a team of people are deep underwater and they find alien life that's going to kill us all if we aren't nicer to each other.) [editline]20th March 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=trotskygrad;35217108]yeah, Titanic also has a diving moment, which was expanded into his later film "Ghosts of the Abyss". you can't forget his earlier film "the Abyss" too, :P surprised no one has made a joke about him encountering NTIs down thar.[/QUOTE] God damn it.

I have read alot about this place. its pretty freaky...

[QUOTE=Doom14;35216914]You know, even if you got past the claustrophobia and fear that the atmosphere outside your craft can kill you instantly - I'd shit my pants the instant anything as big as a six-gill shark passes by. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHuvs9Qqa5o[/media][/QUOTE] Imagine: you're in a sphere. Miles away from human life. The only light is that coming from your ship. You have a tiny window and 5 inches of titanium separating you from the biggest ecosystem in the world, inhabited by the biggest creatures to ever exist, some of which detect your alien presence in their home, not knowing that due to your land-based limitations, that you cannot detect them. They stare at you perhaps mere meters away, and you're completely oblivious to the fact. Then, you hit the bottom and stay for awhile. Due to your land-based vision and the intense darkness you can only see perhaps 10 feet away out of your tiny window. You decide there's not much more to be seen here, and you make your way back up. The same curious colossal squids, sperm whales, unheard of sharks, and other organisms inspect you on your journey home. Once again you are ignorant of their existence unless one is careless enough to pass through your narrow field of view which can only see the deepest blackness despite the lights trained on it. You break the surface not realizing you are returning home from a trip to an alien planet.

[video=youtube;_wp2xZYRfG8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp2xZYRfG8[/video] She said "[I]I'll never let you go[/I]" James Cameron said "[I]Let's find his frozen corpse and poke it with a stick[/I]"

[img]http://alienationmentale.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abyss07.jpg[/img]

It's sad that funding and interest for deep-sea exploration has dried up so bad that the only person willing to put up money to get to the deepest place on this planet is fucking James Cameron.

The expedition won't be complete until he finds a way to squeeze Bill Paxton in there with him

[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/KEzs0.jpg[/thumb] I'd totally spend nine hours in that. It looks totally badass.

What do you do if you have to go to the bathroom?