Thursday, September 23, 2010

James Cameron Commissions Submarine To Visit Challenger Deep

Wouldn't a sequel to the Abyss make more sense here?

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September 17, 2010 4:40 PM
by Soulskill

James Cameron Commissions Submarine To Visit Challenger Deep

frank249 writes "In January, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Trieste descent, the X Prize Foundation announced a $10 million prize for the first privately funded craft to make two manned descents to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in the oceans. Now, James Cameron has announced he has commissioned a submarine capable of surviving the tremendous pressures at a depth of seven miles, from which he will not only try for the X prize but also shoot 3D footage that may be incorporated in Avatar's sequel."

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Art Trembanis
CSHEL
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Delaware

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