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James Cameron successfully dives to deepest point on Earth

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To rise to the surface, Cameron will flip a switch, plates of steel will fall to the ocean floor, and the lighter-than-water foam will hurtle the sub skyward. This step is critical—if the weights don’t drop, Cameron will be stuck at the bottom of the ocean.
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Holy shit...

Shit just got real.

Hope dem bitches drop
 
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~Kinggi~

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I wish there was some live feed of this. Like somebody commentating and freaking out and shit.

Strafer said:
Holy shit...

Shit just got real.

Hope dem bitches drop
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"If the sub’s 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of ballast weights don’t drop when commanded, a back-up galvanic release will corrode in the seawater within a fixed period of time, freeing the sub to rise to the surface."
 
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Gotta be some kind of manual release on those steel plates if the switch fails. This has to be scary as fuck and our great media hasn't even mentioned it.
 
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~Kinggi~ said:
I wish there was some live feed of this. Like somebody commentating and freaking out and shit.



"If the sub’s 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of ballast weights don’t drop when commanded, a back-up galvanic release will corrode in the seawater within a fixed period of time, freeing the sub to rise to the surface."
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Oh..well then.
 
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Kosmo said:
Gotta be some kind of manual release on those steel plates if the switch fails. This has to be scary as fuck and our great media hasn't even mentioned it.
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That's where you realize the engineers are geniuses:

  • If there’s a power failure or the magnets’ batteries run out, the weights will drop automatically.
  • The support team at the surface can command the weights to drop via an acoustic command.
  • A special wire (galvanic timed release) helps connect the weights to the sub; it will corrode after about 11 to 13 hours in seawater.
  • Cameron can power up something called a “frangibolt,” which uses heat to break the bolts that keep the weight-drop mechanism in place, thus jettisoning the whole assembly.
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theres 4 different ways to release the weights so i don't think it could go wrong.

  • If there’s a power failure or the magnets’ batteries run out, the weights will drop automatically.
  • The support team at the surface can command the weights to drop via an acoustic command.
  • A special wire (galvanic timed release) helps connect the weights to the sub; it will corrode after about 11 to 13 hours in seawater.
  • Cameron can power up something called a “frangibolt,” which uses heat to break the bolts that keep the weight-drop mechanism in place, thus jettisoning the whole assembly.

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Edit: Crap beaten by 2 mins

anyway, good luck james cameron!
 
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he's been sending up the first few images from down there

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Anticitizen One

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I hope he's recording everything. What if he goes down there doesn't see anything cool and when he emerges just totally bullshits and is "hai guys there are giant squids and sea monsters down there!"
 
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Apath

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He's always been fascinated by water and deep sea exploration (didn't he visit the Titanic wreck about 37 times?) . Asking why he does that is like asking why he makes movies.

Also, it's good for science.
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There are a billion reasons why he could be doing this. I wasn't asking what is the point of it is, I just wasn't sure why James Cameron would be doing this. I assumed it was for a movie or something, but saw nothing about it.
 
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This is amazing, even more so when you think he funded this himself.Always good to see insanely rich people put their wealth to good use.

He must have balls of steel to go that far down.
 
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Kenak said:
There are a billion reasons why he could be doing this. I wasn't asking what is the point of it is, I just wasn't sure why James Cameron would be doing this. I assumed it was for a movie or something, but saw nothing about it.
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2 reasons: He always liked the deep ocean and this is a great challenge. He is also making a 3D documentary out of his descent.
 
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~Kinggi~

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Cow Mengde said:
Gonna be pretty frickin boring if there's nothing down there. I hope he finds a crash landed alien spaceship or something.
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There are always ways to make a documentary out of nothing. Like Cameron can get Leo to do an opening monologue and at the end he is all like 'We must go deeper" and then the documentary is a metaphor for Cameron going deeper and shit. They could feature the wife.
 
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Cow Mengde

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~Kinggi~ said:
There are always ways to make a documentary out of nothing. Like Cameron can get Leo to do an opening monologue and at the end he is all like 'We must go deeper" and then the documentary is a metaphor for Cameron going deeper and shit. They could feature the wife.
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Sounds like you're describing a porn.
 
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Cow Mengde said:
Gonna be pretty frickin boring if there's nothing down there. I hope he finds a crash landed alien spaceship or something.
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I wonder how much trash he finds down there. Perhaps if he finds nothing he could pad the length with things like that :p
 
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He should now be on the ocean floor if everything is as planned right?
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What's the over/under on finding a giant pile of human junk?
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What quantity are we talking about?
I'd almost bet real money that he's going to find at least 1 piece of human waste down there.
 
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DemonNite

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@JimCameron is the first person in history to solo dive to the deepest place on Earth, a record 35,756ft/10,898m #deepseachallenge
 
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