You know, everyone hopes for success. Me too.
But success or failure stopping the leak, I think no matter what, this has to be labeled in some sense a success.
Kind of like the very first space walk or something. To perform some very delicate operations by machine in an environment that is just about as inhospitable as it can get..., face it this is tremendous experience and I hope they are completely documenting it all.
Both Viking ROVs are involved in this ROV 2 has a face on shot of Fumbles and Rex.