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(James) There are human footprints on the moon.
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and Rover is exploring
the surface of Mars.
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We can Google
a satellite picture
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of any place
on the Earth’s surface.
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So we often think
that our planet
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has been
completely explored.
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But the depths of the oceans
remain a mystery
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and the extreme depths
have barely been glimpsed.
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Down there is the last
great frontier of our world.
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There are 12 trenches
that are over 4 miles deep.
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They’re thousands of miles long and have a combined area
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greater than North America.
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7'hat’s a dark continent down there, waiting to be explored.
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Unseen by human eyes because the machines don’t exist to take us there.
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It’s my dream
to build such a machine,
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and get inside it
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and dive to the deepest
places in the world,
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to explore them
with my own eyes.
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I started preparing for these dives when l was a kid,
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getting in a cardboard box.
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Close the Iid, and imagine
it was a submarine.
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Boosh.
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Drawing with a crayon,
you know, some gauges.
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Fue|and_.
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depth.
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Yeah, I was a real
science geek, you know,
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but for me it was all about trying to understand the world,
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understand the limits
of possibility.
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Hey, little buddy.
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I think it was from
being a kid in the '60s
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when we were doing
so much exploration.
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From going to the moon and Jacques Cousteau was exploring the oceans
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and, you know,
I just loved that stuff.
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I couldn’t think of anything cooler than to be a deep ocean explorer.
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I can remember the first time that the deep ocean captured my imagination.
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It was, you know, when Trieste went to the bottom of the Challenger Deep.
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(TV) The Bathyscaphe would pass its ultimate test in 1960,
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its third model carrying Piccard’s son, Jacques, and Don Walsh
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35, 000 feet down
into the Mariana Trench.
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(James)The Bathyscaphe Trieste was an amazing machine for its time.
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A massive
150-ton steel balloon
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filled with gasoline
for flotation.
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It had a 14-ton
pressure sphere
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for the crew
slung underneath.
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(Don)
Oxygen, one thin bar.
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Scrubber fans on.
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[tapping]
Damn it.
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Tachometer’s taken a hit.
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We go without it.
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(James)Inside the sphere,U. 8. Navy Lieutenant
Don Walsh
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and scientist Jacques Piccard
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would pilot Trieste to the bottom of Challenger Deep.
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It was a dive into history.
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But no one
has been back since.
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Just like on Trieste, the heart of our new sub is a steel sphere,
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forged in fire.
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52 years later, there’s still no better solution.
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The sphere is nature’s perfect shape for resisting pressure.
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And it’s going to protect me from the crushing force down at the bottom.
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Over 16,000 pounds
per square inch.
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That’s like having two Humvees
stacked on your thumbnail.
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it’s taken us three years to design and build this sphere.
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We have to heat treat
the steel...
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to be strong enough
to withstand the weight
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of seven vertical miles
of water.
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We have to know that
the sphere is safe.
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If it buckles on a real dive,
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it’II implode
at hypersonic speed
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and I get chummed into a meat cloud in about two microseconds.
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The clinks I heard when we tested it the first time,
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when we got rid of the stress cracking, that hasn’t happened.
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It’s 16,000 psi.
Looks like we’ve done it.
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Yeah, you got to be happy with that. We're all the way to the top.
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So, it’s as you predicted?
It's as we predicted.
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Well done.
Good on you, Ron.
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When you design technology
to do something new,
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it’s going to look strange.
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The Deepsea Challenger
is a vertical torpedo.
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it’s designed to scream down through the water column at high speed.
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The reason for that is we’d just rather spend the time at the bottom
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working, exploring, than going through seven miles of water.
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There are certain fish
that actually will hover
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over the reef
in a vertical position.
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So, nature provided an example
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of the fact that it’s not crazy to think that a submersible
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can move through the water
in an upright position.
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Deepsea Challenger
is not a stunt vehicle
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to just go down
and set a depth record.
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it’s designed from the ground up as a science platform.
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There’s a hydraulic manipulator arm for taking samples.
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A sample tray
in the science door.
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There are push cores
for taking sediment.
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A payload bay
for instruments.
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And two 3D cameras, one on the boom and one on the arm.
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Every single thing on this vehicle has to be built from scratch
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to withstand
the crushing pressure.
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it’s just this kind of
ragtag group
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working in this
little tiny shop
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next to a plumbing supply
place on that side
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and a plywood supply
place on that side.
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You know, nobody even knows
what we’re doing in here.
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And one of the most amazing things about this vehicle
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is that it shrinks over two inches during the dive from pressure.
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That’s enough to shear
aircraft grade bolts.
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Yeah, it’s still got
to go in quite a way.
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(James) So the sphere is actually held onto the sub by straps.
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But we’re also fighting
the pressure of time.
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Our expedition ship
just arrived
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and we’re supposed to leave in less than three weeks, but we don’t have a sub.
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it’s still in pieces
all over the shop.
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How big a problem is that?
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I need to know when we’re going to see some action on that sub,
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so we can start doing
some integration.
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If you're saying
3rd of January
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we’re going
to have it wired out,
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we’re still weeks away
from getting integration done.
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(James) We have to have an integration schedule.
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I want that schedule put up on the wall right over there, okay?
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Who’s got to have their stuff plugged in, ready to test, when.
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And everybody is going to be individually accountable for their stuff to that schedule.
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We’ve got a ship sitting at that pier down there with nothing to do.
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Right now it’s just on the clock like a taxi meter.
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A taxi meter at $35,000 a day.
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Jim’s management style is often to put people under pressure
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and get results from that
and...
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that can work really well, but when you're in a R&D project,
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sometimes things just
aren’t going to work.
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(Dave) And we’ve got some mechanical problems here
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that we’ll solve
over the next couple of weeks.
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Hopefully before Christmas Eve, if we can do it.
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If not, it will be Boxing Day.
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(James)
We’re not going to compromise.
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You don’t compromise.
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Not on the stuff
that keeps you alive.
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The most important thing
is the weight system.
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Basically you strap a bunch of weight on the sub at the surface
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and then you let go and the thing sinks like a rock.
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So, literally,
if the weights don’t come off,
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the sub doesn’t come up.
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(James) So when you’ve got a system that’s survival critical,
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the only way to be confident is to test it over and over and over and over.
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When you dive to the bottom of the ocean you have to face the fact
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that there are a hundred
horrible ways to die.
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In the unlikely event that there is a break in any of the seals,
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in even the penetrator or the hatch... Closing hatch.
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the water will bust through with the strength of which it could cut a man in half.
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There’s the risk of fire.
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It’s Jim’s personal nightmare.
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Go! Drill.
Fire, fire, fire!
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Forward cabin.
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Okay, I'm on mask comms.
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Vision life support.
Shut down the oxygen.
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Copy that.
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Now, vision one.
Now, what about vision two?
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Bail out rebreather.
Isolate the oxygen.
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Shut it off.
Right.
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Consider drop weights.
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Right, drop weights.
Weights coming off.
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Weights are off.
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And done.
That’s 25 seconds.
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Yeah, 25 seconds.
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Okay, I give myself a 50I50 chance of survival on that.
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(John) The biggest danger is probably C02,
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the waste product
from our breath.
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And if that’s
not cleaned and scrubbed,
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the pilot will be
struggling to breathe
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and will eventually
pass out and die.
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[alarm beeping]
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Jim. you okay?
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(James)I think that there’s a certain kind of healthy paranoia
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that goes into the engineering
of a vehicle like this.
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You funnel that anxiety into the engineering solutions that make it safe.
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Done.
Good.
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What I don’t like
personally focusing on
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is what if somebody had
to call Suzy and tell her?
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I hear all the risks
because he tells me.
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And then he tells me
all of the things
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that he’s created
so that it will be safe.
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And dome. All right?
Got it. Sure.
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And Iet’s say the dome cue three times.
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Action!
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Dome, dome, dome.
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(Suzy) I've watched him do it now for 16 years.
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Whether it’s with our children
or on a film set
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or an expedition,
he sets his bar so high
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with safety, with creativity, with everything he does. Cut.
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Wow. The whole upper section has all been on and come back off.
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Remember I told you everything goes on and comes back off?
Yeah. Yeah.
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(James) You got to think a lot about what your priorities are.
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You know, I mean, I'm a family man, got five kids.
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A lot of people would
set their priorities as...
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those are the ultimate priority, and they are to me.
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You ready to come out?
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But I think a part
of what you give your kids
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is more than just your presence. it’s your example.
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All right. Now we got our youngest deep ocean explorer.
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She’s already taken
her pink Uggs off.
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You want to go for a dive?
You want to go underwater?
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If you live in fear and you never follow your dreams,
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you’ve compromised
in a much greater way.
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l was in love with the ocean
before we ever met.
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It was watching all those great underwater explorers on TV in the '60s
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that got me excited
about this alien world
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that was right here on Earth
that was as rich and exotic
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as anything that
I could imagine myself.
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For me, diving,
that’s my calm place.
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I feel privileged
to get to bear witness
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to the imaginative power
of evolution that’s created
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all these unbelievable
forms of life.
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Man, I just am--
I'm inspired by that.
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Test, test, test.
One, two, three, four.
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First recorded dialogue
underwater, on film,
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for a theatrical motion picture
in the history of the world.
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Okay.
And, action!
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When I chose a career as an adult, it was filmmaking,
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and of course the stories
that I chose to tell
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were science fiction stories.
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I need you to be
closer to the camera.
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I need to have the shot cut right about here. It’s a close up, okay?
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So I make a movie
called The Abyss.
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At the core of it is this idea of going deeper and seeing what’s down there.
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And in it are all these, at the time, cutting edge new pieces of technology
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like R0 Vs, like a robot that can fly underwater. What a great concept.
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And so at that point, I think for the first time I stepped over a line
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from science fiction
into a reality that involved
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these kind
of science fictional concepts
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of robotics and deep exploration and so on,
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and that’s when I decided
to do Titanic.
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Because I knew that
in the making of that film,
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I would get to dive
to the Titanic for real.
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That was the first time
I ever went really deep,
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the kind of deep that
I used to imagine as a kid.
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Pitch black.
Going to another world.
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l was struck by how surreal
it was to actually be there
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at the wreck
of this famous ship
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that had seemed like
a legend to me all my life.
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And it wasn’t
a legend anymore.
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It was a real place
where real people died,
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where this great tragedy
had taken place.
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And something about looking out at that rusty deck,
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knowing that that’s right where First Officer Murdock
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loaded the lifeboats, or where the ship’s band played
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just had
this huge effect on me.
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I really got bitten by the bug of deep ocean exploration.
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It was adventure, it was curiosity, and it was an experience
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that Hollywood couldn't give me. Whoa.
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[crowd cheering]
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So, after Titanic I said
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you know, I'm just going
to park my day job
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as a Hollywood movie maker
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and I'm going to go be
a full time explorer.
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(James on radio) Okay, Jake’s out. Trim is good.
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Yeah, this is so much
like flying a helicopter.
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Feels like
a pretty stable hover.
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(James narrating) If I was going to go back to Titanic,
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I wanted to explore the wreck like never before, on the inside.
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So we built this little bot.
Pretty cool.
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that was designed to be just a little bit smaller than a B deck window.
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(James) Okay, I'm going in. [man] Oh, don’t do it. Don’t do it.
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If you I and your tether
right across the glass...
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(James) I'm in. That’s what I'm talking about.
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Look at that.
Unbelievable.
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Those are the leaded windows.
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Look at that.
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Oh my God. Look at the preservation on that wood.
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That second Titanic expedition brought together a core team that’s lasted over a decade.
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Andrew Wight has run all our expeditions since 200 1.
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And Ron Allum is the genius tech guru who has built the gear.
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Our next target
would take us even deeper.
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The battleship Bismarck.
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The infamous
German battleship was sunk
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in one of the most furious naval battles of World War ll.
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Now it lies
in 16,000 feet of water.
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(James on radio) Yeah, copy. We are heading aft
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over the starboard secondary turrets. Over.
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(James narrating)
The guns are silent now...
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but seem ever on guard.
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it’s a grim place.
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The whole ship somehow
preserved in the underworld
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as a monument
to the madness of war.
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(James on radio) We are right over the swastika. Over.
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Okay, Elwood’s out.
I'm on the move.
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Okay, that could be a way in.
284
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You see that
shell hole right there?
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I'm going to try
to go in this hole, okay?
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This is going to be tight.
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Okay. Just inside this door should be the adjutant’s office.
288
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(James narrating) We were able to identify a few specific rooms
289
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but mostly we just found
total destruction.
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The armor piercing shells
just tore the interior apart.
291
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Geez.
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This is devastating.
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Okay, there’s
the starboard propeller.
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So, the hit from the torpedo
should be right above us.
295
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That is for sure a hole
right above the rudder.
296
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Okay.
So, that’s our torpedo hole.
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(James narrating) Our forensic work got the attention
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of the deep exploration
community
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and we started
to gain some credibility,
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you know, all these institutional guys in academia
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that have this very sophisticated oceanographic equipment
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are kind of looking
over at our stuff saying,
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"They have that?
We don’t even have that."
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The question is
am I a filmmaker
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who does exploration
on the side
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or am I an explorer
who does filming on the side?
307
00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:41,335
(Suzy) When he decided ultimately to do Avatar,
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he was really
debating back and forth,
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was he going to quit directing
as a Hollywood director
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and just go do expeditions,
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which was something he--
he loves it
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He lives it. He breathes it. I mean, he loves making films, too.
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But there’s
something about--
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about Jim and the sea.
315
00:20:02,243 --> 00:20:05,576
Look at this thing.
It’s incredible.
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My problem is I'm curious.
317
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I'm a curious monkey and I need to go see for myself, you know.
318
00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:19,298
I've seen some pretty astonishing things in the depths,
319
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things that fill
your soul with wonder.
320
00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:29,050
What always gets me
is how life adapts.
321
00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:30,806
It can adapt
to the crushing pressure.
322
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It can adapt
to the absolute darkness.
323
00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:35,848
It can feed off jets of water
324
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that are hot enough
to melt lead.
325
00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:46,950
But the question is, can life adapt to the ultimate pressure
326
00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:51,246
36,000 feet down?
Maybe.
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00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:55,246
The only way to know is to go down there and take a look.
328
00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:03,710
(Walt) We first met Jim on The Abyss 25 years ago.
329
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He was maniacally
focused and driven
330
00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:11,301
and now I think he actually enjoys inspiring the group.
331
00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:14,057
He’s trying to reach
the state of perfection
332
00:21:14,148 --> 00:21:17,982
and achievement and he wants everyone to kind of rise to that level.
333
00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:21,401
(James) Pushing people is not about yelling at them.
334
00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:24,652
it’s about creating goals
that are achievable,
335
00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:27,074
whether they think
the y’re achievable or not.
336
00:21:27,161 --> 00:21:30,653
Yeah, the only reason we’re filling it is so we can pressure test the things
337
00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:33,330
because we need to start this pressure qualification process.
338
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:38,377
We’ve never controlled a J-box from the pack, but the J-box-- Why not?
339
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:41,672
Because we haven’t got to that stage in the integration yet.
340
00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:45,251
Every single time you’ve gone up a tier in the architecture
341
00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:48,463
you’ve had to pull everything apart and solder resisters.
342
00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:51,299
What makes you think it’s going to be any different now?
343
00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:52,724
I designed the J-boxes.
344
00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:57,221
Ooh.
345
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:01,935
You just stuck
your neck out so far.
346
00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:05,772
This isn’t an option for him.
He has to do it.
347
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:08,027
it’s such
an internal drive for him
348
00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:12,487
that once he’s started that train, it’s not going to stop.
349
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:16,039
We’re coming to that funnel where... Everything needs to be done at once.
350
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:18,663
(Dave) We got five people want in this sphere at one time.
351
00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,619
But only one person
can work in it.
352
00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:22,670
Five people want
the lower pod at one time,
353
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:26,000
but there’s only
one person can work in it.
354
00:22:26,095 --> 00:22:27,801
We’re not project
planning no more.
355
00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:30,254
What we’re doing is we’re firefighting. Yeah.
356
00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:33,386
They're all tired. The y’re all working 16-hour days.
357
00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:37,766
To say that our team is not ready yet to go out to sea is an understatement.
358
00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:42,692
We’re so far from ready
it’s not even funny.
359
00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:47,021
Our biggest enemy
at the moment is time.
360
00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:49,983
(James)Well, we obviously
underestimated the systems integration.
361
00:22:50,077 --> 00:22:52,534
So the new deadline
is February 6th.
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00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:56,034
Come hell or high water,
that’s when we 're sailing.
363
00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:02,499
Nobody outside the project
has seen Deepsea Challenger
364
00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:06,174
and the first to do so
is Don Walsh,
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00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:10,048
the only living person who’s been to the world’s deepest spot.
366
00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:12,175
And by crazy coincidence,
he’s arriving
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00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:15,053
on the anniversary
of his famous dive.
368
00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:17,681
This is Kawasaki
racing green.
369
00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:19,432
These are
racing colors, baby.
370
00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:22,686
You had seen
conceptual drawings.
371
00:23:22,776 --> 00:23:25,609
You had an idea and you knew that it was underway.
372
00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:29,063
What is your reaction
to this?
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00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:33,777
Oh, I'm very excited. I mean, what took you so long? 52 years, I mean...
374
00:23:33,871 --> 00:23:35,111
To the day.
Where have you been?
375
00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:36,741
To the day.
376
00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:39,156
So, Don, do you have
any tips for Jim
377
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,914
at about 20,000 feet
if he hears a crack?
378
00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,586
If you can hear it,
you're still alive,
379
00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:46,914
you might as well
keep on with the dive.
380
00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:49,000
You never hear the one that gets you.
381
00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:53,299
(Don) Jacques Piccard and myself made a dive
382
00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:55,722
to the deepest place
in the world oceans.
383
00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:03,689
The motivation was to test out a platform and not to do science.
384
00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:05,983
That would come later.
385
00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:09,608
And what better test than the ultimate depth in the ocean?
386
00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:18,325
Passing 3,800 fathoms.
387
00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,874
Coming up on 5,000 fathoms.
388
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:32,210
[bang]
389
00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:34,761
What the hell
was that?
390
00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:36,839
(Jacques)
We are still descending.
391
00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:38,344
Turn everything off.
392
00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:44,980
(Don) At 30,000 feet, there was this huge bang
393
00:24:45,067 --> 00:24:48,355
and we didn’t know
what it was.
394
00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:51,482
I looked through the window
in the entrance hatch.
395
00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:54,189
You better come
take a look at this.
396
00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:59,119
And I could see this crack across that large acrylic window.
397
00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:03,165
In my opinion, this
is not a serious problem.
398
00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:05,413
There is no reason to ascend.
399
00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:08,666
Agreed.
400
00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:11,043
Uh-huh?
Uh-huh.
401
00:25:11,135 --> 00:25:14,127
(Don) So, if in fact there ’d been a pressure boundary failure,
402
00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:16,928
we would have been dead
before we knew it.
403
00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,177
There were
no indications of problems,
404
00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:22,305
so we decided
to continue on down.
405
00:25:22,396 --> 00:25:24,808
Okay.
I can see the bottom now.
406
00:25:24,898 --> 00:25:26,229
Coming up slowly.
407
00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:31,022
There it is. Looks like we found it, Jacques.
408
00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:39,781
After we landed, we stirred up a big cloud of sediment
409
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:43,330
and it was just like somebody had painted the front of the window white.
410
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,157
It was like looking
into a bowl of milk.
411
00:25:45,252 --> 00:25:47,163
C’est la vie.
412
00:25:50,841 --> 00:25:55,551
And after about 20 minutes, we realized it wasn’t going to go away very soon.
413
00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:02,887
So we had 5 hours 15 minutes down, 20 minutes on the bottom,
414
00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:05,720
and about 3 hours
coming back up.
415
00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:30,744
And the purpose of this
is to signal the fact
416
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:35,674
that we’re transitioning from building a sub to operating a sub.
417
00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:40,255
So, Andrew Wight came up with a crazy, potentially brilliant idea
418
00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,385
that since
we’re heading to Guam
419
00:26:42,476 --> 00:26:44,341
to dive the Challenger Deep,
420
00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:46,802
we’re going to be going right through Papua New Guinea.
421
00:26:46,897 --> 00:26:49,980
There happens to be a spot.
They call it Jacquinot Bay.
422
00:26:50,067 --> 00:26:53,150
This is a perfect place
to sea trial the sub.
423
00:26:53,237 --> 00:26:55,319
The thing that you’ve all got to start to realize now
424
00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:57,487
is that you're going
to have no support
425
00:26:57,574 --> 00:26:59,439
other than the people
that are around you.
426
00:26:59,535 --> 00:27:02,242
You’ve just got to now get
into a different mindset.
427
00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:05,696
So, whoever you're bunking with, be good friends,
428
00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:07,747
because you're going to be
with them for a while.
429
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:10,793
If you snore,
well, too bad.
430
00:27:10,879 --> 00:27:13,120
Everybody here is here
because you're good.
431
00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,126
Because you're good
at what you do.
432
00:27:15,217 --> 00:27:17,458
And you’ve proven yourselves to the project.
433
00:27:17,553 --> 00:27:20,761
And we’re going to go out and do something truly extraordinary.
434
00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:24,056
There’s always a ramp up right before the expedition leaves.
435
00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:25,679
There’s an acceleration
of energy
436
00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:27,305
and a lot
of last minute problems
437
00:27:27,396 --> 00:27:29,637
as everything’s
coming together.
438
00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:32,063
We’re running a race and you just have that burst of energy
439
00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:34,267
comes from some where
and you just push hard.
440
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:40,280
I think we got everybody.
441
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:53,081
There are a lot of very worthy goals on this project,
442
00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:56,505
but one of them is just
the fun of the challenge.
443
00:27:56,592 --> 00:27:58,503
it’s the fun
of being able to say
444
00:27:58,594 --> 00:28:00,926
look what
a little group of people
445
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:05,427
with no adult supervision can do if they put their minds to it.
446
00:28:10,564 --> 00:28:12,225
Who wants to dive
a sub today?
447
00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:15,274
Ar.
Ar. Exactly.
448
00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,989
All right. See you in the sunshine. God speed below.
449
00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:39,085
(John) And hold. Final checks.
450
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:46,763
(James)
Lower away.
451
00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:49,884
Looking good.
452
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:56,932
Starboard.
453
00:28:58,987 --> 00:29:00,648
(James) When the hatch gets bolted shut,
454
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:02,730
there 's a moment
where you're suddenly
455
00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,907
in a very quiet,
very finite world.
456
00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:09,077
it’s like being
in a space capsule.
457
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,664
(Dave on radio) Okay, Challenger, stand by to get wet.
458
00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:22,340
Yeah, roger that. Ready.
459
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,220
Boosh.
460
00:29:27,307 --> 00:29:31,141
Hatch is secure.
No leaks.
461
00:29:31,228 --> 00:29:36,894
Please make a note that the camera pan tilt, the pan is wired backwards.
462
00:29:36,984 --> 00:29:38,895
COPY-
463
00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:41,693
I'm not getting a reading
on the altimeter at all.
464
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:45,443
Should I be? Yeah, you should be. We’re looking into it.
465
00:29:49,204 --> 00:29:53,197
Okay, the camera boom
is also wired backwards.
466
00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:55,499
(Da ve) Your sonar head is upside down,
467
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:58,622
therefore it will relay that information back to front.
468
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:00,955
Okay. All right.
That explains that.
469
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:06,419
So pretty much everything that can be wired backwards is wired backwards.
470
00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:13,262
Now, be advised temperature is 100 degrees. 100 degrees.
471
00:30:13,353 --> 00:30:16,311
We 're not having
a good time here.
472
00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:22,018
Okay, I think it’s time
to descend one meter. Over.
473
00:30:25,282 --> 00:30:26,692
Woohoo!
474
00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:29,987
S.O., do you copy? Over.
475
00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:32,069
[radio static]
476
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:39,873
We can go ahead
and terminate this test dive
477
00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:44,332
because the A comms, while submerged, are not acceptable. Over.
478
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:52,844
That’s the big dive. One meter. [laughing]
479
00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,016
Okay, so the test
in Sydney Harbour
480
00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:58,766
showed us exactly
how ready we 're not.
481
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,893
Well, the compass worked.
482
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:03,771
But we’ve got to get
out of the harbor
483
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:06,023
and test the sub
in deeper water.
484
00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:14,115
[chatter]
485
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,242
This dive
will also provide Mike
486
00:31:20,337 --> 00:31:24,501
with our first opportunity to film Deepsea Challenger underwater.
487
00:31:24,591 --> 00:31:27,378
Have fun.
Yeah, thanks.
488
00:31:27,469 --> 00:31:29,209
I mean, it’ll be fun
if everything works
489
00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:32,299
or even if 50 percent of it works. Exactly.
490
00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:35,007
All right. We’ll see you on the bottom.
491
00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:39,220
(Dave) Okay, trial dive ready to release.
492
00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:41,680
Standby to initiate descent.
493
00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:44,312
Release, release, release.
494
00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:49,612
[man]
See you later, buddy.
495
00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,235
Surface, surface.
Deepsea Challenger.
496
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:56,115
Do you copy? Over?
497
00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:58,242
Copy that,
Deepsea Challenger.
498
00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:02,417
A comms signal is coming through strong and clear.
499
00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:07,498
Yeah, copy, surface. I am approaching the bottom, dropping shot to slow descent.
500
00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:16,215
200 units and down thrust in.
Just easing down.
501
00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:23,063
And touchdown.
502
00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:25,391
Surface, I am on the bottom.
503
00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:28,272
Depth 62 feet. Over.
504
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:32,572
Super, super successful dive.
Everything worked.
505
00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:34,900
Yeah, you guys have pulled off a pretty amazing feat.
506
00:32:34,995 --> 00:32:37,361
You know, to have a second dive in the open ocean
507
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:39,162
and for pretty much
everything to work,
508
00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:41,535
in the history of manned
submersible operations,
509
00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,116
is pretty much unheard of.
510
00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:44,701
Well done.
511
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,161
(James)
I'm proud of the team.
512
00:32:46,256 --> 00:32:48,338
They really came through.
513
00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,381
We 're ready to sail.
514
00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:56,012
Hollywood director James Cameron has paid tribute
515
00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,262
to an Australian filmmaker
and his American colleague
516
00:32:59,352 --> 00:33:02,344
who were killed in a helicopter crash south of Sydney.
517
00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:04,771
Andrew was flying
his own helicopter
518
00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:07,019
with American filmmaker
Mike de Gruy
519
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:09,101
when it crashed
just after take off
520
00:33:09,196 --> 00:33:11,983
on this tiny airstrip
at Jaspers Brush.
521
00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:14,865
(John) I found out about Andre w’s accident,
522
00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:18,785
you know, I was
busy organizing things.
523
00:33:18,872 --> 00:33:22,490
I remember Jim walking
straight across the deck to me
524
00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:25,621
and he looked at me and he said, "Dive’s aborted. "
525
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:28,749
I'll never forget
the look on his face. He--
526
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,173
He went white as a sheet
and then he said,
527
00:33:32,260 --> 00:33:35,343
"We’ve lost Mike and Andre w. "
528
00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:39,139
Immediately after the accident,
I was just so sick at heart
529
00:33:39,226 --> 00:33:43,970
in general, that I just--
it just felt wrong
530
00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:46,100
to even be trying to continue.
531
00:33:54,658 --> 00:33:57,024
(Suzy) There was just such a devastation in his voice
532
00:33:57,118 --> 00:34:01,532
and I had never seen him...
533
00:34:01,623 --> 00:34:04,080
ever in that way.
534
00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:07,079
(James) Andrew and Mike were like family to me.
535
00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:10,253
They were
my deep sea brothers
536
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:13,707
and true explorers.
537
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:18,216
It just went chomp. I was literally inside the jaws of the shark.
538
00:34:18,306 --> 00:34:20,388
Can’t get any closer.
It was incredible.
539
00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:23,717
There was just this big rip
across the fabric of reality
540
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:25,928
for these families and you think, ’'Is this worth it?"
541
00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,853
Maybe just risks
shouldn’t be taken.
542
00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:31,684
Maybe the consequences
to our families are too great.
543
00:34:31,778 --> 00:34:33,860
I think the one thing
I've learned from all of this
544
00:34:33,947 --> 00:34:38,941
is don’t leave things
to deal with later, you know?
545
00:34:39,035 --> 00:34:42,027
If you love people and you want to spend time with them, then do it.
546
00:34:42,122 --> 00:34:47,583
Don’t put it off till later
because it's--
547
00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:49,785
It just goes.
It just goes in a heartbeat.
548
00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:57,167
(James) Over the next, I want to say 24 to 48 hours,
549
00:34:57,262 --> 00:35:00,095
there just seemed
to be this sense
550
00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:04,515
that the way to give
the situation meaning
551
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:09,097
was not to walk away and have it have been for nothing.
552
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:10,930
Just how do we do it?
553
00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:12,516
How do we muster up
the strength?
554
00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:14,476
How do we put
the pieces back together?
555
00:35:16,406 --> 00:35:19,739
We set up a war room
and we got real serious.
556
00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,192
And the funny thing
was that everybody stepped up.
557
00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,624
I hate it when people say, ''It’s what they would have wanted. "
558
00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:36,173
But, frankly, they’d both kick my ass if we wimped out now.
559
00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:40,298
it’s the right thing to do,
to give purpose and meaning
560
00:35:40,388 --> 00:35:44,597
to what Andrew and Mike
stood for as explorers.
561
00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:50,345
So we’re on our way
to Papua New Guinea,
562
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,146
to the New Britain Trench,
563
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:54,269
where we’re going
to do our test dives,
564
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,727
going progressively
deeper and deeper.
565
00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:16,295
This place is everything
Andrew promised,
566
00:36:16,383 --> 00:36:18,590
calm deep water
right offshore,
567
00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,292
sheltered by the island.
568
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:22,969
These are perfect
diving conditions.
569
00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:28,054
The shadow of the accident
is still hanging over us.
570
00:36:28,144 --> 00:36:32,353
There’s this sense of dread and a feeling that we’re just not ready.
571
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,726
Let's dive.
572
00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:37,901
And that’s exactly when you’ve got to push through it.
573
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:39,818
Right now
these guys need a win.
574
00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,739
We need to get
a deep dive under our beIts
575
00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:46,910
and then maybe we can face going all the way to Challenger Deep.
576
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:49,032
See you in the sunshine.
577
00:36:49,124 --> 00:36:50,739
Coming UP-
578
00:36:53,294 --> 00:36:55,535
Okay, it’s on you, Steve.
Nice and slow.
579
00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:57,837
Sometimes you have to push and you have to make that dive,
580
00:36:57,924 --> 00:36:59,664
even if you think
you're not ready.
581
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,091
[chatter]
582
00:37:02,178 --> 00:37:04,840
That gives people
a sense of accomplishment.
583
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:08,799
They'll come back and say,
"We did it guys, "you know?
584
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,474
"Look What We did. "
585
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,723
Okay, standby
for the transition, guys.
586
00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:15,430
(James) Whether we achieve our ultimate goal or not,
587
00:37:15,525 --> 00:37:19,484
I think we’ve all learned
an incredible amount
588
00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:23,530
about each other and how
you work together as a team.
589
00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:25,072
And here we go.
590
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:30,738
(Dave) Keep it coming, Donny. Keep it coming.
591
00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:38,453
Deepsea Challenger, standby
to rotate to dive position.
592
00:37:38,548 --> 00:37:40,413
Yeah, copy that.
593
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:43,796
One minute to target area.
594
00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,093
COP)’-
595
00:37:52,187 --> 00:37:54,678
Deepsea Challenger,
you're on target now.
596
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,185
On target now.
597
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,266
(James) Wait, one, I just got to do final checks.
598
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,691
Okay, final checks.
599
00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:03,771
Vision one.
18 percent O2.
600
00:38:03,865 --> 00:38:07,778
CO2 is 0.3 percent.
601
00:38:07,869 --> 00:38:10,281
Scrubber fan is running.
602
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:13,659
To ward B bus, the lowest bus at 87 percent. Looking good.
603
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,708
Depth gauge is working.
Compass is working.
604
00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:17,955
Now, wait, one.
605
00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,706
Okay, ready for descent.
Are you ready?
606
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:25,383
Yeah, Deepsea Challenger,
whenever you're ready
607
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,256
we ’II initiate launch.
608
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:28,883
(James)
Okay, here we go.
609
00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:31,840
And release, release, release.
610
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:36,929
Deepsea Challenger,
you are now released.
611
00:38:37,023 --> 00:38:39,639
Safe travels. (James) See you.
612
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,407
I think my heart rate’s up
a little bit at the moment
613
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:53,954
that I tell them to release the sub and I start to drop.
614
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,531
But right away
there’s so many things to do,
615
00:38:56,626 --> 00:38:59,333
establishing communications
and all that.
616
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:03,459
Surface, Deepsea Challenger,
do you copy? Over.
617
00:39:05,802 --> 00:39:11,889
Deepsea Challenger, A comms Mermaid, how do you copy? Over.
618
00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:15,058
Copy you, John, loud and clear.
You have a good comms voice.
619
00:39:15,144 --> 00:39:18,887
Copy that. The skipper says it’s like I'm talking to my grandma.
620
00:39:18,982 --> 00:39:21,143
Do you want a biscuit?
621
00:39:25,446 --> 00:39:27,402
Surface Deepsea Challenger,
622
00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:34,862
I'm at 2,873 feet,
vertical speed 1.4 knots.
623
00:39:34,956 --> 00:39:37,743
Okay, I'm going
to drop some shot.
624
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:46,582
.6 knots.
Okay, definitely slowing down.
625
00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:49,543
Should be seeing something
pretty soon.
626
00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:51,298
Ah ha.
627
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:52,595
That's it.
628
00:39:52,682 --> 00:39:54,923
Definitely have bottom.
629
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:02,935
Cool terrain coming up here.
630
00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:05,642
Slowing.
631
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,406
Contact.
632
00:40:12,493 --> 00:40:15,781
Surface, Deepsea Challenger,
I am on the bottom.
633
00:40:15,872 --> 00:40:21,663
Depth 3,074 feet. Over.
634
00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:26,087
Deepsea Challenger, copy that.
You are on the bottom.
635
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:36,132
The lander is 250 meters.
636
00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:38,307
(James) Yeah, hang on. I'm just learning
637
00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:41,056
how to fly this thing
over the bottom.
638
00:40:41,147 --> 00:40:43,763
I have good control
of the vehicle
639
00:40:43,858 --> 00:40:46,315
and I seem to be
in a stable hover.
640
00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:51,900
Coming back around south.
641
00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:56,025
Oh, great.
642
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:57,985
Big holothurian.
643
00:40:59,916 --> 00:41:02,453
Wow, he’s gorgeous.
644
00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:07,458
Nice.
645
00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:11,006
Whoa! He’s attacking me!
646
00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:13,756
Boosh.
Oh, he’s not digging that.
647
00:41:13,846 --> 00:41:16,758
Sorry about
the thruster, buddy.
648
00:41:16,849 --> 00:41:20,182
That is a big sea cucumber.
649
00:41:20,269 --> 00:41:23,102
He has no idea
how beautiful he is.
650
00:41:26,567 --> 00:41:29,229
What the heck are you?
651
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,312
Oh yeah, polychaete.
652
00:41:32,407 --> 00:41:35,149
Basically I get so carried away shooting the critters
653
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:37,529
that I forget
I’ve got work to do.
654
00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:40,862
I need to get good
with the manipulator arm.
655
00:41:40,957 --> 00:41:42,913
We’re not just
out here doing test dives.
656
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,117
We’re doing science, too,
as we’re going along.
657
00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:47,873
So I've got to get
some rock samples.
658
00:41:47,964 --> 00:41:52,754
Otherwise the science team aren’t going to be happy campers.
659
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:54,084
Gotcha.
660
00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:58,425
All right.
661
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,552
My first sample.
662
00:42:01,728 --> 00:42:03,309
I'm proud of it.
663
00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:07,889
I am at the lander. Over.
664
00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:11,434
And we also built a lander.
665
00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,315
it’s this unmanned
science vehicle
666
00:42:13,406 --> 00:42:17,615
that basically
just free falls to the bottom.
667
00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:20,318
it’s got lights
and high resolution cameras
668
00:42:20,413 --> 00:42:24,201
and it can take
water samples and so on.
669
00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:25,907
it’s even got
this arm that drops down
670
00:42:26,002 --> 00:42:27,913
with a baited trap
so it can attract
671
00:42:28,004 --> 00:42:30,290
all the bottom foragers
from miles around.
672
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:39,671
Lander is released.
On ascent. Over.
673
00:42:45,188 --> 00:42:47,645
I think of human knowledge
as being our headlights
674
00:42:47,732 --> 00:42:49,723
and the y’re shining out
into the darkness,
675
00:42:49,817 --> 00:42:52,980
and right beyond those lights
is something else.
676
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:56,313
And all we have to do is move forward a little bit more
677
00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,068
and that truth
will be revealed,
678
00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:01,026
or that new disco very
will be revealed.
679
00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:25,345
Deepsea Challenger,
confirm request to ascend.
680
00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:26,596
COPY-
681
00:43:26,687 --> 00:43:28,052
Weights are coming off.
682
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:31,347
There you go.
683
00:43:42,703 --> 00:43:46,036
Vehicle is very stable
at 5.6 knots.
684
00:43:55,508 --> 00:43:59,672
[cheering]
685
00:43:59,762 --> 00:44:02,003
Deepsea Challenger,
surface contact.
686
00:44:02,098 --> 00:44:04,214
Copy you, S.O.
We’re here.
687
00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,799
(Dave) All right. it’s always good to see you back.
688
00:44:06,894 --> 00:44:09,636
We ’ll get you-- we ’II come and get you underway and get you onboard.
689
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:10,970
( James )
Copy that.
690
00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:15,475
(Da ve)
Okay. Steady!
691
00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,987
Goldy, take the line in!
692
00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:22,941
(James)
3, 300 feet.
693
00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:25,617
That’s like one-tenth
of where we’re going.
694
00:44:25,705 --> 00:44:29,539
But you know what? Right now, it’s the victory this team really needed.
695
00:44:32,837 --> 00:44:35,920
The curse of fear
has officially been lifted.
696
00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,883
We’re going to dive the New Britain trench again, but...
697
00:44:48,978 --> 00:44:52,846
I want to see this town of Rabaul that’s only a few miles away.
698
00:44:52,940 --> 00:44:54,805
Or see what’s left of it.
699
00:44:57,486 --> 00:45:00,728
In 1994, this town
of 17,000 people
700
00:45:00,823 --> 00:45:04,782
was utterly destroyed
by a volcanic eruption.
701
00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:09,363
An eruption caused by the same forces that formed the trench itself.
702
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:18,712
This is where
my house used to be,
703
00:45:18,799 --> 00:45:21,415
and a couple of houses here are all-- This is all like a neighborhood?
704
00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:25,128
Were there a lot of houses here? Yeah. Quite a lot of houses here.
705
00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:28,306
What it did was just like, kind of like black smoke kind of thing.
706
00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:31,134
And when it did that,
it was all black.
707
00:45:31,229 --> 00:45:34,346
We couldn’t see. I had to touch you to know that you're there.
708
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,476
(James)Amazing. (Francis) Yeah.
709
00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:40,230
We were diving just on the south side of New Britain Island,
710
00:45:40,321 --> 00:45:42,858
and we go out
about 30 miles offshore,
711
00:45:42,907 --> 00:45:48,368
and we can go down five miles in the trench, in the New Britain Trench.
712
00:45:48,454 --> 00:45:51,287
See, these deep trenches are formed when one plate of the Earth’s crust
713
00:45:51,374 --> 00:45:54,741
is dragged underneath another plate, right? Yeah.
714
00:45:54,835 --> 00:45:58,123
They call it subduction and it’s because the continents
715
00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:01,957
are all moving around
like these big rafts.
716
00:46:02,051 --> 00:46:05,259
The rock of the sea floor is grinding down underneath, right,
717
00:46:05,346 --> 00:46:08,964
under these billions of tons of rock overhead, and it melts.
718
00:46:09,058 --> 00:46:10,923
And the pressure
just builds and builds
719
00:46:11,018 --> 00:46:14,886
until all this magma
is pushed up ward and boom!
720
00:46:16,941 --> 00:46:19,808
So we came here and we saw,
wow, look at what these forces
721
00:46:19,902 --> 00:46:23,110
that are happening way down so many miles down in the Earth,
722
00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:27,566
look what they’re doing here and look at the consequence to human beings.
723
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:30,697
We belong here, so best thing to do is just to play
724
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:32,779
and get on with life,
I suppose.
725
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:39,460
The same subduction forces that caused the Rabaul eruptions
726
00:46:39,547 --> 00:46:42,880
also unleash
undersea earthquakes.
727
00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:45,925
When that fault slips
in one of these deep trenches,
728
00:46:46,012 --> 00:46:48,003
it displaces
an enormous pulse of water.
729
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:55,684
it’s a release of energy more than 3,000 times the Hiroshima bomb,
730
00:46:55,771 --> 00:46:57,682
creating a tsunami.
731
00:46:57,773 --> 00:47:00,059
[reporter speaking Japanese]
732
00:47:16,792 --> 00:47:19,499
We could save a lot of lives if we could predict these events,
733
00:47:19,587 --> 00:47:22,169
but we need to know a lot more about what’s happening
734
00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:24,500
down in these deep trenches.
735
00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:26,882
So we need the machines
that can go down there.
736
00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:49,192
Surface, Deepsea Challenger.
I am on the bottom.
737
00:47:49,283 --> 00:47:54,653
Depth is 12, 164 feet. Over.
738
00:48:00,795 --> 00:48:04,162
I'm two-and-a-haIf miles down,
same depth as Titanic,
739
00:48:04,256 --> 00:48:06,838
which I've been to
plenty of times,
740
00:48:06,926 --> 00:48:11,260
but always in subs that were built by big government programs.
741
00:48:11,347 --> 00:48:13,804
No privately built sub
has ever gone this deep.
742
00:48:15,768 --> 00:48:17,850
And then I've got
to remind myself,
743
00:48:17,937 --> 00:48:21,805
this is only a third of the way to where I'm going.
744
00:48:23,442 --> 00:48:26,184
Oh, got us a critter.
745
00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:28,894
We got us a real critter here.
746
00:48:28,989 --> 00:48:33,107
Yesiree, Bob.
Time to zoom in on this one.
747
00:48:33,202 --> 00:48:35,113
It looks like an octopus.
748
00:48:35,204 --> 00:48:38,662
Yeah, love those deep octopus.
749
00:48:38,749 --> 00:48:40,910
Wonder what the hell
he’s thinking.
750
00:48:41,001 --> 00:48:44,664
[snapping]
Uh oh, that’s not good.
751
00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:47,371
That’s not good.
752
00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:50,583
Loud snapping sounds not good.
753
00:48:50,678 --> 00:48:53,670
(James) Well, Don Walsh always says, if you hear a loud bang
754
00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:57,507
and you’ve got time to think about it, you're going to be okay.
755
00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:59,432
Something just imploded.
756
00:49:03,065 --> 00:49:06,353
He’s chasing me.
[laughs]
757
00:49:06,444 --> 00:49:08,856
You're a mighty warrior,
aren’t you?
758
00:49:18,581 --> 00:49:20,446
Each one
of these chance encounters
759
00:49:20,541 --> 00:49:23,453
is a gift from the ocean,
and I'm grateful.
760
00:49:26,046 --> 00:49:29,254
This is my church,
down here, alone.
761
00:49:29,341 --> 00:49:32,754
I feel the power
of nature’s imagination,
762
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:35,427
which is so much
greater than our own.
763
00:49:54,033 --> 00:49:56,069
Here we are with
our high tech equipment,
764
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,572
diving in one of the wildest places on the planet.
765
00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:16,131
The rainforests
of Papua New Guinea
766
00:50:16,222 --> 00:50:19,259
were the inspiration
for the landscapes in Avatar,
767
00:50:19,350 --> 00:50:22,183
so there’s no way I'm not going to go ashore and explore.
768
00:50:26,607 --> 00:50:28,268
[singing]
769
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,907
We’ve been invited
by the Baining people
770
00:50:38,994 --> 00:50:41,280
to witness
their sacred fire dance.
771
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:50,085
The ceremony suggests to me the spirits of this land, shaped by fire...
772
00:50:53,133 --> 00:50:56,500
by the powerful and dangerous forces deep in the Earth.
773
00:50:58,639 --> 00:51:01,722
But the spirit world doesn’t
cause the Earth to erupt..
774
00:51:04,270 --> 00:51:07,979
or cause the sea
to rise up in a tsunami.
775
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:12,058
The only true path to understanding nature is science.
776
00:51:14,863 --> 00:51:16,774
That’s why we’re out here.
777
00:51:16,865 --> 00:51:18,480
That’s why we’re diving.
778
00:51:23,330 --> 00:51:25,662
[man]
In clear feet, clear four.
779
00:51:28,586 --> 00:51:32,579
Today’s dive is 27,000 feet,
over five miles down.
780
00:51:32,673 --> 00:51:37,667
So this is the big test before we can go on to Challenger Deep.
781
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,343
And we’re going to start to squeeze all the submersible systems
782
00:51:40,431 --> 00:51:42,672
with this extreme pressure.
783
00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:45,849
We’re also going to go to the limits of our communications
784
00:51:45,936 --> 00:51:47,472
and tracking.
785
00:51:47,563 --> 00:51:50,646
Pull in that line!
Oh, no.
786
00:51:50,733 --> 00:51:53,315
Guys, getting pretty
close to the ship here.
787
00:51:53,402 --> 00:51:55,017
That's not good.
788
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,352
She's getting close.
789
00:51:58,032 --> 00:51:59,192
Hold it there!
790
00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:03,279
GUYS, guys, guys, come on.
791
00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:08,201
Guys, I'm looking right
into the starboard props here.
792
00:52:08,292 --> 00:52:10,157
Keep it coming.
793
00:52:10,252 --> 00:52:11,367
Keep it tight.
794
00:52:16,884 --> 00:52:19,000
I'll bet
they didn’t intend that.
795
00:52:23,349 --> 00:52:25,681
And release, release, release.
796
00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:39,937
(James narrating) When the dive begins, it’s exciting.
797
00:52:40,032 --> 00:52:43,775
You know, the divers become
little tiny stick figures
798
00:52:43,869 --> 00:52:46,906
and everything just
kind of disappears.
799
00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:49,534
And then you just
go into darkness.
800
00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:52,037
You can see the plankton
going by and...
801
00:52:52,127 --> 00:52:55,119
and you just fall
for a long, long time.
802
00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:59,999
Everybody says I can’t
stretch my arms out in here.
803
00:53:00,094 --> 00:53:03,552
I can stretch
to there and to there.
804
00:53:05,349 --> 00:53:08,637
I’II be at 18,000 feet
here in a second.
805
00:53:08,727 --> 00:53:12,390
It’s the depth Bud Brigman
went to in The Abyss.
806
00:53:12,481 --> 00:53:15,939
I'm doing it for real.
807
00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:18,187
It’s cool.
808
00:53:18,278 --> 00:53:21,770
Surface, Deepsea Challenger,
do you copy? Over.
809
00:53:26,203 --> 00:53:30,412
Surface, Deepsea Challenger,
do you copy? Over?
810
00:53:30,499 --> 00:53:33,536
[man] A comms, we’re still receiving Deepsea Challenger
811
00:53:33,627 --> 00:53:36,209
but he is not acknowledging
our transmission. Over.
812
00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:37,456
Yeah. Copy.
813
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:40,039
I've got no voice comms.
814
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:45,132
Okay,
that’s not too promising.
815
00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:48,635
He’s not hearing us
or responding to us.
816
00:53:48,726 --> 00:53:50,466
Depth gauge is not changing.
817
00:53:50,561 --> 00:53:52,847
[th rusters stop]
Whoa.
818
00:53:52,938 --> 00:53:54,974
Just lost my thrusters.
819
00:53:55,065 --> 00:53:58,023
Oh, see, look, this is not good. This is not good.
820
00:53:58,110 --> 00:54:02,399
My thrusters are running away
and they won’t respond.
821
00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,024
Then they drive by themselves.
822
00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:09,075
I think we got a problem.
823
00:54:09,163 --> 00:54:13,372
Got a lot of failures here
and I'm coming up to my depth.
824
00:54:13,459 --> 00:54:17,668
Without thrusters I can’t even stop. This is not good.
825
00:54:17,755 --> 00:54:22,875
As I'm going along, things are starting to fail and glitch one by one.
826
00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:26,131
Everything’s getting haywire and I'm getting deeper and deeper.
827
00:54:26,221 --> 00:54:30,134
My cIock’s stopped, my depth gauge has stopped, everything’s stopped.
828
00:54:30,225 --> 00:54:34,434
Speed’s 1.9 knots. I still can’t stop from that. I'll hit the bottom too fast.
829
00:54:34,521 --> 00:54:37,058
I've got just a couple
of minutes to sort this out.
830
00:54:37,149 --> 00:54:39,390
We need to really know, Tim,
if there’s an emergency.
831
00:54:39,485 --> 00:54:42,727
This is going to be a mess. Yeah, A comms Mermaid, A comms Rib,
832
00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:45,028
we have received telemetry
but no vitals.
833
00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:47,572
I'm going to have to drop some shot. I'm going too fast.
834
00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:49,991
I'm going 2 knots.
835
00:54:50,078 --> 00:54:52,911
And dropping shot, here we go.
836
00:54:52,998 --> 00:54:57,992
270 feet. He’s getting really close.
837
00:54:58,086 --> 00:54:59,826
oh, [bleep].
838
00:54:59,922 --> 00:55:01,378
S’[0P'
839
00:55:04,927 --> 00:55:10,047
Surface, Deepsea Challenger.
Descent is aborted.
840
00:55:10,140 --> 00:55:12,927
Hey, about time.
Finally.
841
00:55:16,605 --> 00:55:19,893
I mean, down at 27, 000 feet
and one system goes,
842
00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:22,474
and then another system goes,
and then another system goes.
843
00:55:22,569 --> 00:55:27,859
And pretty soon you realize you're in this kind of dead metal coffin,
844
00:55:27,950 --> 00:55:30,942
and if the weights don’t come off, you're toast.
845
00:55:31,036 --> 00:55:32,617
okaY-
846
00:55:35,707 --> 00:55:36,947
Moment of truth.
847
00:55:49,471 --> 00:55:51,007
[cheering]
848
00:55:56,812 --> 00:56:01,806
The good news is it’s now officially the deepest diving submersible in the world.
849
00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:04,232
Bad news is,
never saw the bottom,
850
00:56:04,319 --> 00:56:06,856
had about five major
systems failures
851
00:56:06,947 --> 00:56:08,653
that prevented me
from going on.
852
00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:11,026
Now, what we’ve got to do
is go through the tape,
853
00:56:11,118 --> 00:56:13,985
and see exactly what the nature of the failure was.
854
00:56:16,331 --> 00:56:19,118
We did take water ingress in a couple of battery modules.
855
00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:21,416
So these are going to have
to be taken off the sub
856
00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:26,167
and repaired or replaced
before the next dive.
857
00:56:26,258 --> 00:56:31,093
This is a prototype and even though we might have 100 percent spares on items,
858
00:56:31,179 --> 00:56:35,172
we’re working through those items as we have problems on the dive.
859
00:56:35,267 --> 00:56:39,681
We could come to a point where I could say, "I can’t repair this."
860
00:56:39,771 --> 00:56:41,511
(James) When you do this kind of project,
861
00:56:41,607 --> 00:56:43,973
you hit so many hurdles.
862
00:56:44,067 --> 00:56:47,651
Well, I have to say, guys, I picked you guys because you're smart
863
00:56:47,738 --> 00:56:49,774
and you can do this.
864
00:56:49,865 --> 00:56:52,857
And we’re going to hit hurdles like this where we think
865
00:56:52,951 --> 00:56:54,782
we’re stopped,
that we’re dead in the water.
866
00:56:54,870 --> 00:56:56,701
And we’re going
to think our way through it.
867
00:57:20,228 --> 00:57:22,389
Touchdown.
868
00:57:22,481 --> 00:57:25,268
Surface, I am on the bottom.
869
00:57:25,359 --> 00:57:31,355
Depth, 26, 970 feet.
870
00:57:31,448 --> 00:57:33,655
Lights are working.
871
00:57:33,742 --> 00:57:35,482
Cameras working.
872
00:57:35,577 --> 00:57:37,408
Thrusters working.
873
00:57:37,496 --> 00:57:38,906
We did it, guys.
874
00:57:38,997 --> 00:57:41,238
A lot of very happy
Pe0p|e up here.
875
00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:46,539
(James) So I'm five miles down in the New Britain Trench,
876
00:57:46,630 --> 00:57:49,337
a place that’s never
been explored before.
877
00:57:49,424 --> 00:57:52,040
Oh, what's that?
878
00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:57,801
And, bang, right off the bat I find what could be a new species of jellyfish.
879
00:58:04,356 --> 00:58:06,768
[radio chatter]
880
00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:11,393
(James)
Copy you loud and clear.
881
00:58:11,488 --> 00:58:13,353
I'm at the trench wall.
882
00:58:13,448 --> 00:58:17,032
I am working a steep rock cliff. Over.
883
00:58:20,664 --> 00:58:24,907
Alps covered with snow. [Radio] Copy that. Over.
884
00:58:25,002 --> 00:58:26,333
That's cool.
885
00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:31,626
Tiny little anemones
886
00:58:31,717 --> 00:58:34,550
growing out of the rocks.
887
00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:36,797
Look at that, huh?
888
00:58:36,888 --> 00:58:38,970
A beautiful little garden
889
00:58:39,057 --> 00:58:42,174
just hanging out here
at 27, 000 feet.
890
00:58:49,067 --> 00:58:51,524
So we’ve discovered
this diverse ecosystem
891
00:58:51,611 --> 00:58:54,523
living five miles down
in the New Britain Trench.
892
00:58:56,950 --> 00:58:59,817
But the biggest surprise
comes from the lander
893
00:58:59,911 --> 00:59:02,323
when we see what was
attracted to our bait.
894
00:59:02,414 --> 00:59:04,871
Holy cow.
895
00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:06,289
Amazing.
896
00:59:07,669 --> 00:59:09,876
Wow.
This is really amazing.
897
00:59:09,963 --> 00:59:13,376
This whole trip we’ve only caught a trickle of small tiny amphipods,
898
00:59:13,467 --> 00:59:17,927
maybe an isopod here or there. Now we've many dozens of giant amphipods.
899
00:59:18,013 --> 00:59:20,629
(James) On one dive, the lander brings back four species
900
00:59:20,724 --> 00:59:23,090
which might be new to science.
901
00:59:23,185 --> 00:59:27,975
That really paid off. I mean, that’s pretty amazing. I just can’t believe it.
902
00:59:30,317 --> 00:59:32,558
(James) On the lander camera, it’s a feeding frenzy.
903
00:59:32,652 --> 00:59:36,361
The y’re like deep sea piranha
devouring that chicken.
904
00:59:36,448 --> 00:59:38,905
Oh. Look at that.
905
00:59:38,992 --> 00:59:41,074
Yeah, that is clean
to the bone.
906
00:59:41,161 --> 00:59:44,653
This was a full chicken. But look at this.
907
00:59:44,748 --> 00:59:47,660
Look how neatly they've picked every-- It's perfectly clean.
908
00:59:47,751 --> 00:59:49,867
morsel of flesh
off that skeleton.
909
00:59:49,961 --> 00:59:51,451
Look at that.
Absolutely perfect.
910
00:59:51,546 --> 00:59:52,581
I mean,
that's nice work.
911
00:59:55,926 --> 00:59:58,633
The five mile dive
was our last test.
912
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,962
We’re as ready
as we’re going to be.
913
01:00:02,057 --> 01:00:06,050
it’s time to go
to the deep end of the pool.
914
01:00:06,144 --> 01:00:09,887
The Challenger Deep is in the heart of the Mariana Trench.
915
01:00:09,981 --> 01:00:12,563
It’s 1,300 miles
farther north.
916
01:00:12,651 --> 01:00:15,814
it’s a pit in the trench 40 miles long and two miles wide
917
01:00:15,904 --> 01:00:19,863
that’s so deep, you could put Mount Everest on the bottom,
918
01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:22,692
with four Empire State buildings stacked on top
919
01:00:22,786 --> 01:00:24,822
and not even
break the surface.
920
01:00:35,006 --> 01:00:36,871
Okay, so we’re coming up
on the dive site,
921
01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,753
and we’ve got a problem.
922
01:00:38,844 --> 01:00:40,960
We were supposed to be
out here a month ago
923
01:00:41,054 --> 01:00:43,340
and now the trade winds
are blowing every day
924
01:00:43,431 --> 01:00:47,515
and the sea state
has gotten pretty ugly.
925
01:00:47,602 --> 01:00:50,309
I’ve been dreaming about this place since I was a little kid.
926
01:00:50,397 --> 01:00:55,016
You know it’s interesting. It just looks like any other piece of ocean anywhere.
927
01:00:55,110 --> 01:00:58,694
But it’s knowing that seven miles straight down below our feet
928
01:00:58,780 --> 01:01:02,773
is the deepest place
in the world’s oceans.
929
01:01:02,868 --> 01:01:05,359
But conditions
are pretty marginal.
930
01:01:05,453 --> 01:01:06,989
Probably about
the absolute limit
931
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:08,741
that we can
launch in right here.
932
01:01:08,832 --> 01:01:11,073
This is going to test
everybody to the limit.
933
01:01:11,168 --> 01:01:14,160
(Dave)
Okay, let's stabilize her.
934
01:01:14,254 --> 01:01:16,290
(James) So we’re doing an unmanned launch
935
01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:19,123
to see if we can actually
get the sub back on the ship.
936
01:01:19,217 --> 01:01:23,051
Okay, just get lines
nice and tight. Steady.
937
01:01:23,138 --> 01:01:25,379
(James)
Ifit gets away on us...
938
01:01:25,473 --> 01:01:27,429
it’s a 12-ton wrecking ball.
939
01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:30,850
(Da ve) Let her stabilize. Let her stabilize.
940
01:01:30,937 --> 01:01:33,929
Goldy! Line out!
941
01:01:34,024 --> 01:01:37,107
Steady now.
Get her steady.
942
01:01:37,194 --> 01:01:39,230
Take in all the slack.
All the slack.
943
01:01:39,321 --> 01:01:42,108
Come on, Harman, get it in.
944
01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:46,317
Tighten her, Gavin.
Gavin, tight.
945
01:01:46,411 --> 01:01:50,245
All stop. Take her back to the sea, Steve, back in the sea.
946
01:01:50,332 --> 01:01:52,414
Goldy, let your line out!
947
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:54,240
(James) The only way to stop it swinging
948
01:01:54,336 --> 01:01:55,701
is to drop it
back in the water.
949
01:01:55,795 --> 01:01:57,456
Keep it coming!
950
01:01:57,547 --> 01:01:59,458
Goldy, let it out.
Let it out, please.
951
01:01:59,549 --> 01:02:02,256
Everyone, let your lines out. All lines out.
952
01:02:02,344 --> 01:02:04,835
Get it out!
953
01:02:04,930 --> 01:02:06,340
Okay, steady!
954
01:02:06,431 --> 01:02:07,637
Hold it there.
955
01:02:10,644 --> 01:02:12,259
(James)
We’re over the limit.
956
01:02:12,354 --> 01:02:14,390
If the sea state
doesn’t come do wn,
957
01:02:14,481 --> 01:02:16,722
there’s no way I can dive.
958
01:02:19,819 --> 01:02:22,731
It’s just this
weather window.
959
01:02:22,822 --> 01:02:26,280
It’s like a gift
from the sea right there.
960
01:02:26,368 --> 01:02:32,785
Gives us a shot. It’s already well down, mid afternoon down, holding.
961
01:02:32,874 --> 01:02:37,413
Past midnight and then zero six the following morning.
962
01:02:37,504 --> 01:02:40,871
That’s when it starts to rocket back up. So that’s our hard out.
963
01:02:46,304 --> 01:02:48,215
So now it’s finally
the big dive
964
01:02:48,306 --> 01:02:50,137
and we’re going
to launch at night
965
01:02:50,225 --> 01:02:53,717
in a heavy sea
which we never trained for.
966
01:02:53,812 --> 01:02:58,852
Knowing that somebody’s life is at stake is very, very stressful.
967
01:02:58,942 --> 01:03:00,933
And then you compound that
968
01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:04,235
with an incredibly
aggressive schedule.
969
01:03:04,322 --> 01:03:06,438
There are calculated risks.
970
01:03:06,533 --> 01:03:08,239
(John)
Complacency is a killer.
971
01:03:08,326 --> 01:03:10,408
The ocean can turn on you
in a heartbeat.
972
01:03:10,495 --> 01:03:14,329
So it’s very important that everybody is on their main game.
973
01:03:14,416 --> 01:03:17,908
(Dave) Tie the tagIines. Tighten up. Tighten up.
974
01:03:23,133 --> 01:03:25,124
Gavin, tighten up.
975
01:03:25,218 --> 01:03:28,176
Okay, just get lines
nice and tight. Steady.
976
01:03:28,263 --> 01:03:30,424
All lines stop.
All stop.
977
01:03:30,515 --> 01:03:36,932
(James) If we don’t dive now, then we’ve wasted our time.
978
01:03:37,022 --> 01:03:40,014
(Dave) Okay, steady there. Steady there.
979
01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:41,894
All stop, all stop.
980
01:03:41,985 --> 01:03:45,193
(James)
Because we’re out of time.
981
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:47,396
This ship’s got to go back.
982
01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,317
(Dave)
Steady.
983
01:03:52,412 --> 01:03:54,619
(James) We’ve got to dive, even if it means
984
01:03:54,706 --> 01:03:57,823
we’ve got to dive at night which we ’d said we wouldn’t do,
985
01:03:57,917 --> 01:03:59,407
even if it means
we’ve got to dive
986
01:03:59,502 --> 01:04:01,834
in a two-and-a-haIf meter sea,
987
01:04:01,921 --> 01:04:06,005
which we said
was beyond our capability.
988
01:04:06,092 --> 01:04:11,803
Now is where we really have to pit ourselves against the elements.
989
01:04:17,187 --> 01:04:20,395
And verticals down.
990
01:04:27,655 --> 01:04:31,193
Well, we’re supposed to be trying to dive by 0400, which is in 20 minutes.
991
01:04:31,284 --> 01:04:32,774
I predict we’ll be about...
992
01:04:32,869 --> 01:04:34,484
I'll be descending
by about 4:30.
993
01:04:34,579 --> 01:04:36,945
A little bit late,
but not much.
994
01:04:39,334 --> 01:04:40,995
We’re on target right now.
995
01:04:41,086 --> 01:04:44,328
Should be the deepest place
on the planet.
996
01:04:44,422 --> 01:04:46,754
There’s of course
an element of fear in it,
997
01:04:46,841 --> 01:04:51,551
because it’s a risk, and...
998
01:04:51,596 --> 01:04:56,215
but if you don’t go out and do something in life, nothing happens.
999
01:04:58,395 --> 01:05:00,602
I'm only minutes away from diving the Challenger Deep
1000
01:05:00,688 --> 01:05:02,553
and the guy
who inspired that dream
1001
01:05:02,649 --> 01:05:05,061
is right here
on board with us.
1002
01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:07,893
Don Walsh is back
at the site of his own dive
1003
01:05:07,987 --> 01:05:09,978
52 years later.
1004
01:05:14,786 --> 01:05:16,742
Thanks,babe.
1005
01:05:16,830 --> 01:05:18,411
Have fun.
It will be fun.
1006
01:05:18,498 --> 01:05:21,240
I love you.
Love you, too, babe.
1007
01:05:23,294 --> 01:05:26,661
All right, Jim. All right, buddy. See you in the sunshine.
1008
01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:30,294
Okay. See you when you come out. All the best.All right. Thanks a lot.
1009
01:05:30,385 --> 01:05:34,003
Have a good one. God speed below. All right. Thanks a lot.
1010
01:05:49,195 --> 01:05:51,106
And pan tilt.
1011
01:05:51,197 --> 01:05:52,778
Yup. Got it.
1012
01:05:55,618 --> 01:05:57,654
And hold.
Final checks.
1013
01:05:57,745 --> 01:05:59,030
Leads clear.
1014
01:06:00,748 --> 01:06:02,409
Okay, lower away.
1015
01:06:19,601 --> 01:06:20,932
(Da ve)
Okay, standby.
1016
01:06:28,985 --> 01:06:32,318
Okay, Steve, when you're ready, mate. If you just take up.
1017
01:06:32,405 --> 01:06:34,441
Coming UP-
Coming UP-
1018
01:06:39,370 --> 01:06:41,076
Okay, Donny.
1019
01:06:41,164 --> 01:06:42,370
Nice and tight, Donny.
1020
01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:48,330
That’s a good angle, Donny. That’s great. Good. Well done, guys.
1021
01:06:48,421 --> 01:06:50,503
Take her off.
That's good.
1022
01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:55,505
Okay, standby for that transition, guys. Standby for transition.
1023
01:06:55,595 --> 01:06:58,758
You need to be
taking up, Gavin.
1024
01:06:58,848 --> 01:07:01,760
[chatter]
Keep going, guys.
1025
01:07:03,728 --> 01:07:05,889
Goldy, a bit more out, please.
1026
01:07:05,980 --> 01:07:07,891
Careful, Donny.
Out more, Donny.
1027
01:07:07,982 --> 01:07:09,347
Here we go.
1028
01:07:11,569 --> 01:07:14,356
(Tim) Deepsea Challenger, you are 100 meters
1029
01:07:14,447 --> 01:07:17,234
due north of your intended
drop point. Over.
1030
01:07:17,325 --> 01:07:20,362
(James) Yeah, copy that, Tim. Thanks.
1031
01:07:20,453 --> 01:07:21,818
Hatch is not leaking.
1032
01:07:21,913 --> 01:07:24,074
Hatch looks good so far.
1033
01:07:24,165 --> 01:07:26,702
(Tim) Yeah, Jim, we’re going to, if you're comfortable,
1034
01:07:26,793 --> 01:07:29,330
we'll pump both bags together
once you're ready--
1035
01:07:33,967 --> 01:07:36,629
(James)
Say again, please.
1036
01:07:36,719 --> 01:07:41,213
Deepsea Challenger,
five minutes from drop zone.
1037
01:07:41,307 --> 01:07:43,263
Copy, five minutes
from drop zone.
1038
01:07:43,351 --> 01:07:45,558
Deepsea Challenger,
surface check.
1039
01:07:45,645 --> 01:07:51,561
Yeah, copy that.
Vision 1 is 20-19-19.
1040
01:07:51,609 --> 01:07:56,023
Carbon dioxide is 0.5 percent.
1041
01:07:56,114 --> 01:07:57,945
Looking good, guys.
1042
01:07:59,409 --> 01:08:02,367
Oh, man.
1043
01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:06,071
We got a hatch deploy
on the soft ballast.
1044
01:08:06,165 --> 01:08:08,872
The soft ballast bag has deployed. The hatch popped.
1045
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:11,827
(Dave) Yeah roger, I’ve got that. I can see that.
1046
01:08:11,921 --> 01:08:14,207
(James) The soft ballast is a key safety system.
1047
01:08:14,299 --> 01:08:17,712
If it blows, we’re supposed to pull the sub out and fix it.
1048
01:08:17,802 --> 01:08:21,169
But if we do that,
we miss our dive window.
1049
01:08:24,892 --> 01:08:27,383
All right, tell the divers to cut it away.
1050
01:08:27,478 --> 01:08:29,764
We’re going without it.
Over.
1051
01:08:29,856 --> 01:08:31,596
(Dave)
Yeah, roger. Standby.
1052
01:08:34,235 --> 01:08:36,647
Take everything.
The hatch, too. Over.
1053
01:08:36,738 --> 01:08:40,981
Deepsea Challenger, position update is two minutes to drop point.
1054
01:08:44,162 --> 01:08:47,825
All right, Deepsea Challenger,
ready when you are.
1055
01:08:47,915 --> 01:08:49,780
Yeah, ready for a descent.
1056
01:08:49,876 --> 01:08:52,413
Okay, just confirmed
the divers are in position
1057
01:08:52,503 --> 01:08:53,868
and then
we’re going to launch.
1058
01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:55,624
Okay, ready
to initiate descent.
1059
01:08:55,715 --> 01:08:57,831
And release, release, release.
1060
01:09:21,574 --> 01:09:23,110
Had a bit of a rocky start.
1061
01:09:25,286 --> 01:09:27,698
4.6 knots. We’re going like a bat out of hell here.
1062
01:09:27,789 --> 01:09:29,279
Just the way we like it.
1063
01:09:34,087 --> 01:09:36,999
Surface, surface,
Deepsea Challenger.
1064
01:09:37,090 --> 01:09:43,086
Depth two tick
zero, zero feet.
1065
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:46,922
Speed 4.2 knots. Over.
1066
01:09:47,016 --> 01:09:50,133
Deepsea Challenger, copy.
Understood.
1067
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:54,516
Depth 11,580 feet.
1068
01:09:54,607 --> 01:09:56,393
Speed 3.2 knots.
1069
01:09:58,903 --> 01:10:02,145
I used to think Titanic was the deepest place I could imagine.
1070
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:05,949
Now I'm sailing past that depth like it’s the foot of my drive way.
1071
01:10:10,540 --> 01:10:13,077
16, 000 feet.
1072
01:10:13,167 --> 01:10:15,032
That’s the depth of Bismarck,
1073
01:10:15,128 --> 01:10:17,460
the deepest I'd been
before this expedition.
1074
01:10:20,174 --> 01:10:23,462
But it’s less than halfway
to where I'm going.
1075
01:10:23,553 --> 01:10:25,885
Surface, Deepsea Challenger.
1076
01:10:25,972 --> 01:10:30,762
Depth, 18,000.
1077
01:10:30,852 --> 01:10:35,721
External temperature,
34. 4 degrees.
1078
01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:39,686
It's getting cold.
1079
01:10:47,577 --> 01:10:51,240
You're doing all these things as you're going do wn, it’s all on the checklist.
1080
01:10:51,330 --> 01:10:53,867
You do this at this depth and you do that at another depth,
1081
01:10:53,958 --> 01:10:56,574
and you know,
you're setting up the cameras
1082
01:10:56,669 --> 01:10:59,627
and booting up the sonar,
checking battery status,
1083
01:10:59,714 --> 01:11:03,798
testing the thrusters,
comms, navigation.
1084
01:11:03,885 --> 01:11:07,753
Everything that needs
to be ready before you Iand.
1085
01:11:07,847 --> 01:11:10,930
And it’s all by the numbers.
1086
01:11:11,017 --> 01:11:14,805
And then for the first time, on any dive, I'm through my checklist.
1087
01:11:17,148 --> 01:11:19,434
27, 000 feet.
1088
01:11:19,525 --> 01:11:23,143
That’s deeper than any other sub in the world can reach.
1089
01:11:23,237 --> 01:11:25,273
Beyond any hope of rescue.
1090
01:11:27,492 --> 01:11:31,485
And there’s still
9,000 feet to go.
1091
01:11:31,579 --> 01:11:33,535
There’s nothing to do
but sit and think
1092
01:11:33,623 --> 01:11:36,080
about the pressure
building up on the hull.
1093
01:11:40,338 --> 01:11:43,000
It just gets really quiet.
1094
01:11:43,090 --> 01:11:47,925
It’s peaceful.
It's lonely.
1095
01:11:48,012 --> 01:11:51,880
And you feel yourself just getting farther and farther and farther
1096
01:11:51,974 --> 01:11:54,431
from the world
that you came from.
1097
01:12:07,782 --> 01:12:12,776
Vertical rate is 1.3 knots.
1098
01:12:12,870 --> 01:12:17,239
Time to shed some shot.
1099
01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:19,415
Get some speed off here.
1100
01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:28,003
35,200 feet.
1101
01:12:28,094 --> 01:12:31,552
488 feet to go.
1102
01:12:31,639 --> 01:12:33,800
Get everything on.
1103
01:12:33,891 --> 01:12:35,597
On. Good.
1104
01:12:35,685 --> 01:12:39,052
And number three.
That’s all lights facing down.
1105
01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:42,388
Let’s get
this spotlight aimed do wn.
1106
01:12:44,527 --> 01:12:49,772
Altitude 110 feet.
1107
01:12:49,866 --> 01:12:52,653
100 feet.
1108
01:12:52,743 --> 01:12:54,734
78.
1109
01:12:54,829 --> 01:12:59,869
Should be seeing
something pretty soon.
1110
01:12:59,959 --> 01:13:03,417
All the way down.
1111
01:13:03,504 --> 01:13:05,870
There we go.
1112
01:13:05,965 --> 01:13:07,501
We have bottom.
1113
01:13:09,385 --> 01:13:12,377
Okay.
Coming down.
1114
01:13:13,806 --> 01:13:16,047
Easy, easy, 935)!-
1115
01:13:23,482 --> 01:13:25,097
More braking.
1116
01:13:38,164 --> 01:13:40,120
Touchdown.
1117
01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:04,224
Surface, this is
Deepsea Challenger.
1118
01:14:04,315 --> 01:14:06,180
I am on the bottom.
1119
01:14:06,275 --> 01:14:12,942
Depth is 35,756 feet.
1120
01:14:12,990 --> 01:14:16,153
And life support’s good.
1121
01:14:16,243 --> 01:14:18,609
Everything looks good.
1122
01:14:18,704 --> 01:14:20,865
Oh, my God.
1123
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:26,993
Whatever I thought I was going to say at that moment...
1124
01:14:27,088 --> 01:14:28,624
wasn’t going to be that.
1125
01:14:28,714 --> 01:14:30,875
This is how the NASA team
must have felt
1126
01:14:30,967 --> 01:14:32,958
when the Eagle landed.
This is just great.
1127
01:14:33,052 --> 01:14:35,714
(Suzy) Deepsea Challenger. Deepsea Challenger.
1128
01:14:35,805 --> 01:14:38,968
God speed to you, baby.
I love you.
1129
01:14:39,058 --> 01:14:45,099
Love you too, baby. All the way from the heart of the ocean.
1130
01:14:45,189 --> 01:14:46,429
Oh!
1131
01:14:52,446 --> 01:14:57,065
Surface be advised, I'm starting my transect to the north. Over.
1132
01:15:09,380 --> 01:15:13,794
Going deeper into the ocean is going deeper into the subconscious.
1133
01:15:13,884 --> 01:15:20,175
So we have this fantasy that the deeper we are, the bigger the monsters.
1134
01:15:20,266 --> 01:15:22,507
Man.
1135
01:15:22,601 --> 01:15:26,844
It is just
flat and featureless.
1136
01:15:26,939 --> 01:15:29,146
Don't even
see any animal tracks.
1137
01:15:32,194 --> 01:15:34,025
In reality, the deeper we go,
1138
01:15:34,113 --> 01:15:36,320
the smaller the life forms.
1139
01:15:36,407 --> 01:15:40,150
No critters, no signs of critters. No tracks on the ground.
1140
01:15:42,913 --> 01:15:46,576
Unbelievable.
Like the moon.
1141
01:15:46,667 --> 01:15:50,455
I know there are new species
of bacteria in that sediment,
1142
01:15:50,546 --> 01:15:53,333
but I have this powerful feeling that I've dived deeper
1143
01:15:53,424 --> 01:15:55,790
than the limits
of life itself.
1144
01:15:55,885 --> 01:16:01,221
All right, Iet’s get ourselves a sediment sample.
1145
01:16:03,893 --> 01:16:07,351
Be advised, I'm taking
my contingency sample. Over.
1146
01:16:13,027 --> 01:16:16,360
I see a lot
of hydraulic oil coming out.
1147
01:16:16,447 --> 01:16:19,314
Looks like
we got ourselves a big leak.
1148
01:16:19,408 --> 01:16:21,694
All right.
1149
01:16:21,786 --> 01:16:25,028
I better get
my sample while I can.
1150
01:16:25,122 --> 01:16:27,829
I think we might
have a sample there.
1151
01:16:34,048 --> 01:16:37,586
Okay, now...
1152
01:16:37,676 --> 01:16:40,167
Let’s get a look
at this watch.
1153
01:16:40,262 --> 01:16:43,504
Is it still ticking?
1154
01:16:43,599 --> 01:16:46,341
Oh yeah.
16,000 pounds per square inch?
1155
01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:47,925
No problem.
1156
01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:51,141
Uh oh. This is not good.
1157
01:16:53,609 --> 01:16:57,022
This thing is just dying.
1158
01:16:57,113 --> 01:17:00,605
Yeah. The hydraulics are completely dead.
1159
01:17:04,912 --> 01:17:07,028
Most of our lives,
we huddle together
1160
01:17:07,123 --> 01:17:10,411
in the warmth
of human company.
1161
01:17:10,501 --> 01:17:14,244
Down here, alone,
there’s a purity.
1162
01:17:16,423 --> 01:17:19,335
We sense the vastness
of all that we don’t know.
1163
01:17:21,804 --> 01:17:25,092
Oh, I think
my horizon just came up.
1164
01:17:25,182 --> 01:17:28,015
IbeHeve
we have found a slope.
1165
01:17:28,102 --> 01:17:31,310
Deepsea Challenger,
surface, comms check.
1166
01:17:31,397 --> 01:17:34,230
Surface, Deepsea Challenger.
1167
01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:38,229
I am at the north slope. Over.
1168
01:17:41,365 --> 01:17:43,230
That's cool.
Copy that.
1169
01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:45,316
Letloose
a little avalanche there.
1170
01:17:56,422 --> 01:17:58,708
(James)
Somebody has to go.
1171
01:17:58,799 --> 01:18:01,165
A robot can’t tell you
how it feels.
1172
01:18:05,097 --> 01:18:08,555
I did not come all this way
1173
01:18:08,642 --> 01:18:11,179
to not see it
with my own eyes.
1174
01:18:14,815 --> 01:18:17,352
Oh yeah.
1175
01:18:17,443 --> 01:18:20,310
(James narrating) it’s important to physically be here,
1176
01:18:20,404 --> 01:18:23,066
to bear witness
1177
01:18:23,157 --> 01:18:25,398
to the things that
have never been seen.
1178
01:18:35,044 --> 01:18:38,878
To that little kid dreaming of going to the bottom of the ocean,
1179
01:18:38,964 --> 01:18:41,000
all things seemed possible.
1180
01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:44,959
I wonder what
other kids will do.
1181
01:18:45,054 --> 01:18:47,966
Where they'll go,
what they'll see.
1182
01:18:48,057 --> 01:18:50,139
What new worlds await them.
1183
01:18:50,226 --> 01:18:53,184
Oh, yeah.
1184
01:18:53,270 --> 01:18:55,636
I hope there's some kid
out there right now
1185
01:18:55,731 --> 01:19:02,899
who's already dreaming of exploring worlds we can 't even imagine.
1186
01:19:02,988 --> 01:19:05,274
Something feels wrong
with my thrusters.
1187
01:19:08,077 --> 01:19:10,489
Oh, see, look, I got
three dead horizontals.
1188
01:19:12,248 --> 01:19:14,739
All I can do is turn.
Turn in a circle.
1189
01:19:16,585 --> 01:19:19,793
Yeah, it just spins me around.
1190
01:19:22,132 --> 01:19:24,464
It's time to go back
to my own world.
1191
01:19:28,055 --> 01:19:32,970
Surface, Deepsea Challenger,
preparing to ascend. Over.
1192
01:19:33,060 --> 01:19:35,722
I hate this feeling,
when you've got to leave
1193
01:19:35,813 --> 01:19:38,600
and you know there's still
so much to see out there.
1194
01:19:38,691 --> 01:19:40,181
Weights are coming off.
1195
01:19:42,736 --> 01:19:44,727
Boosh.
There they go.
1196
01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:48,231
Surface, Deepsea Challenger.
1197
01:19:48,325 --> 01:19:51,442
Weights are off.
On ascent. Over.
1198
01:20:04,633 --> 01:20:09,002
(James narrating) Well, I'm just going to have to come back.
1199
01:20:09,096 --> 01:20:11,052
Exploration is never done.
1200
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:16,342
(Dave) You know, when you look around and you see the faces
1201
01:20:16,437 --> 01:20:18,803
of the guys
who are just so proud
1202
01:20:18,897 --> 01:20:22,389
they've been part of this one man's dream and this adventure,
1203
01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:24,190
it's pretty unique.
1204
01:20:24,278 --> 01:20:25,814
You know, he's driven us hard,
1205
01:20:25,904 --> 01:20:28,816
but we care about him
immensely.
1206
01:20:33,746 --> 01:20:37,034
14, standby for recovery
on the starboard side.
1207
01:21:00,189 --> 01:21:01,770
[cheering]
1208
01:21:07,488 --> 01:21:09,854
Deepsea Challenger,
Deepsea Challenger, S. O.
1209
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(James) S. O. Deepsea Challenger. Go ahead.
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Good to have you back, Jim.
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Copy that.
Good to be back.
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(John) Deepsea Challenger, we’re coming to get you.
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You guys are my heroes
in real life.
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(Dave) Tighten the taglines. Tighten the taglines.
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Stop there.
Stop there.
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(James) This sub is notjust a machine.
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It's the hopes
and dreams and will
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of all the members
of the team made manifest.
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They are the soul
of the machine
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and it is them.
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Only the people that
are on this expedition
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will ever understand what it took to accomplish the goal
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and that will bond us together
for the rest of our lives.
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[cheering]
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We did it, man.
We did it.
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We did it.
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We all did it.
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I was just
the unlucky son of a bitch
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that had to get crammed in here
to go take the ride.
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Hey, baby.
Hi.
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[man]
Steady, man.
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That's a good kiss.
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Did you see
my shot?
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Did you find my shot piles down there?
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I think every explorer
has the same thing inside.
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They know that
the risk is worth it
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because the y're widening
the pool of knowledge.
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It's important for us as a species to not lose that drive,
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whether it's in the oceans,
whether it's out in space,
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going to Mars, going to the outer planets, to the icy moons.
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Whatever it is, we need to keep that part of us alive.
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