The Inside Story of Virgin Oceanic's Mission To the Mariana Trench 93
the_newsbeagle writes "Millionaire adventurer Chris Welsh, the driving force behind Virgin Oceanic, wants to name his sub "Scarlett" after Scarlett Johansson—that's how sexy this vehicle is. Welsh plans to pilot the experimental, cutting-edge sub to the bottom of the Mariana Trench sometime this year, in what would be only the second human descent to the deepest spot in the world's oceans (the first trip down was in 1960). This inside account of the Virgin Oceanic mission describes a team fueled by ego, science, and derring-do, and explains how their high-tech sub could usher in a new kind of marine exploration. The article also tells the story of an adventure on the high seas last summer, when Welsh & co visited the trench to test some robotic deep-sea landers... and ran smack into a typhoon."
So, "cutting edge" (Score:5, Funny)
is something that was already done in 1960?
a team fueled by ego (Score:5, Funny)
Better headline... (Score:5, Funny)
Scarlett to probe deep in Virgin trenches
Re:a team fueled by ego (Score:5, Funny)
Is that carbon neutral? Why haven't I seen cars that run on ego? It's some kind of government conspiracy to keep us dependent on oil. Roswell!
Ego produces harmful clouds of smug, a far worse pollutant than CO2.
Quite the euphemism there. (Score:5, Funny)
On Virgin's mission to the Mariana trench - will it be a gentle descent, or will they keep hammering the bottom?
Re:Hey (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Quite the euphemism there. (Score:4, Funny)
... and what creature of the deep surfaces 9 months later... Godzilla!
somehow disappointing (Score:5, Funny)
somehow disappointing that in the story there are hyperlinks to various stuff, but "Scarlett Johansson" is just a plain text
Chris Welsh is 14 years old? (Score:3, Funny)
wants to name his sub "Scarlett" after Scarlett Johansson—that's how sexy this vehicle is
So... not that sexy? Perhaps that's a bit rough - she's okay - but seriously? :-)
Offhand, I can easily think of several other women, and a couple of Italian motorcycles, that are way sexier.
Re:marijuana trench (Score:4, Funny)
That's like, so totally deep.
Re:Hey (Score:5, Funny)
lawyer convention ?
<insert rim shot >