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Before this month is out, a cutting edge next gen sub named the Deepsea Challenger piloted by James Cameron will make the seven mile, two hour descent into the deepest known trench in our global ocean. Man will return for the first time in fifty years, this time with the technology needed to make it count. Where the Trieste sat motionless in an opaque cloud of silt for 20 minutes, with a cracked window and in very real danger of implosion, the Deepsea Challenger will remain for six full hours, gathering samples not just of the organic "diatomous ooze" which comprises the ocean floor in the Marianas Trench but possibly of whatever lies beneath it, and living organisms as well. It has limited mobility, "flying around like a seahorse" at low speeds permitting exploration of multiple sites at depth, recording everything in ultra HD 3D using twin Epic Red cameras, for an Imax 3D documentary to be released afterward. The world will have a chance to immersively experience our generation's equivalent of the Apollo moon landing in giant screen high def digital 3D. And this is only the first of five trenches to be explored, and only one of four subs that will do so.

The golden era of deep sea exploration is upon us. Tell people you know. Friends, family, spread the news of this historic mission. Everyone should understand the science and exploration significance of going from a single sub capable of 2.5 mile depths to four with true "full ocean depth" capability, essentially overnight. This is a big deal for deep sea exploration and for humankind in general.

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The exploration of 'inner space', in both senses of the word. Discovering the deepest secrets of our planet, and our minds, before we journey outward into the void.