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To: Jonty30
I was talking about the bathyscaphe for going into the trench...A steerable submersible of some kind.

Exactly what do you think the bathyscaphe was, if not a steerable submersible? It was not connected to a surface ship, carried it's own power for steerable thrusters, and dive time was limited only by battery power and crew endurance. After a crack developed 5 hours into the dive they continued to the bottom, took pictures, and returned safely to the surface.

Regards,
GtG

PS They reported seeing fish at the bottom of the trench!

25 posted on 02/23/2012 5:05:30 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

I wasn’t aware that you could steer it, so thanks. That is interesting.


26 posted on 02/23/2012 5:11:43 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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