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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
I would really love to know the billionaire's thinking.
Why go on that crappy homemade sub when you have the means to have a better experience in a Triton.
With the means he has, why wouldn't he want the best possible experience, instead of what he actually did?
If I had a billion and had a desire to go to the titanic, I'd go on a sub that I read is the only submersible ever to be certified to unlimited depth.
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I think I read the vessel made 20 previous successful dives to the site? (could be wrong but I think I did read that).
So if it had a bit of a track record, it may have weighed into their thought process, even though the engineering was experimental.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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