# !!! In the 60's, for about twenty minutes . . .

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**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-60s-for-about-twenty-minutes/614280 "2012-02-28T21:01:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-60s-for-about-twenty-minutes/614280/1 "2012-02-28T21:01:30Z")

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A BBC special report on the “Race to the Bottom” of the Mariana’s Trench.

> **[Race to the bottom of the ocean](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17041435)**
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> The race is on to reach the deepest place in the ocean: the Mariana Trench, which plunges 11km (7 miles) down. Fifty years after it was first conquered, four teams are vying to return.

Be sure to click on the “See the Deep” and listen to the video of Don Walsh describing his trip to the bottom in 1960.

I don’t really see the point in trying to do this manned. It’s like going to Mars, cheaper and just as informative to do it remotely.

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**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-60s-for-about-twenty-minutes/614280/2 "2012-02-29T11:41:12Z")

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I hope the ghost of **Legion** is reading this thread.