Comments on: Steely-Eyed Hydronauts of the Mariana

By: cythrawl

cythrawl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:38:48 +0000

Hey, Alan Bellows, welcome back! I need to get your book.

By: rev.felix

rev.felix — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:05:39 +0000

I don’t think their sonarphone stopped working, there was just no one to answer it because everyone up top was taking a break for a piece of pie.

By: WillyP

WillyP — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:19:19 +0000

Wow… 6.78 miles… Wouldn’t want to fall overboard in that part of the ocean!

By: Ava

Ava — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:42:36 +0000

That had me on edge. I had butterflies in my stomach for the rest of the article after I read “all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.” Creepy stuff.

By: Silverhill

Silverhill — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:43:46 +0000

According to the Wikipedia article, "On 24 March 1995, the Japanese robotic deep-sea probe Kaikō broke the depth record for unmanned probes when it reached close to the surveyed bottom of the Challenger Deep. ... Its recorded depth of 35,797 ft (10,911 m) for the Challenger Deep is believed to be the most accurate measurement taken yet."

By: arturo

arturo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:50:32 +0000

The article states the trench is 6.78 miles deep at its lowest point, the deepest on the whole of the earth, but later on I notice that the “bathyscaphe instrumentation indicated a depth of 37,798 feet”. This calculates to 7.16 miles. So were the instruments off or did the intrepid explorers break the 7-mile barrier?

By: scolopendra6

scolopendra6 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:40:58 +0000

I wish “adventurer” was still a valid job title. I suppose I will just settle for “engineer.” Adventurer would be a lot more fun though.

By: Tim_2_some

Tim_2_some — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:09:51 +0000

I’m loving the Ghostbusters homage,
“all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.”
Just don’t cross the proton streams!! Excellent