# James Cameron to spend several hours in Mariana Trench
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152 "2012-03-08T15:54:58Z")
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/41 "2012-03-25T23:01:57Z")
He is there and reporting that all is going well so far.
> **[National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/?source=hp_dl1_news_dsc20120325)**
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> Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
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> Reaching bottom, the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker typed out welcome words for the cheering support crew waiting at the surface: “All systems OK.”
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/42 "2012-03-25T23:52:21Z")
And there goes one of our little phrases, right out forever. ☹
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/43 "2012-03-26T00:31:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> “All Systems OK”
Really? All systems OK? He couldn’t throw in a Virgil quote from the Abyss? C’mon, throw the fans a bone, they (indirectly) financed this thing.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/44 "2012-03-26T01:00:47Z")
Damn you James Cameron! DAMN YOU!
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### Author:  [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/45 "2012-03-26T01:01:51Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Will it be in 3-D?
As long as the hull holds up, yes. If not he’ll be in 2D pretty darn fast.
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/46 "2012-03-26T01:40:21Z")
> [@Frodo](#):
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> Damn you James Cameron! DAMN YOU!
Why? Did he got into middle earth? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/47 "2012-03-26T01:59:47Z")
Can’t he at least spend several hours 20 minutes at a time?
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/48 "2012-03-26T02:11:58Z")
> [@Ale](#):
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> As long as the hull holds up, yes. If not he’ll be in 2D pretty darn fast.
Thank you, you made my day.
Here’s a fun and scrollable, albeit now out-of-date, infographic on [the trench](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17013285).
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/49 "2012-03-26T02:12:03Z")
Interesting to compare this expedition to the various [Richard Branson’s Virgin Oceanic project](http://www.virginoceanic.com/). Branson seems much more invested in press releases than actual accomplishments.
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### Author:  [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/50 "2012-03-26T05:03:57Z")
[He’s safely back.](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120325-james-cameron-mariana-trench-challenger-deepest-returns-science-sub/)
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### Author:  [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/51 "2012-03-26T07:01:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#):
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> [He’s safely back.](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120325-james-cameron-mariana-trench-challenger-deepest-returns-science-sub/)
Goddammit. Now there’s no way we’re avoiding _Avatar 2_.
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### Author:  [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/52 "2012-03-26T09:42:02Z")
I’m disappointed that the reports since his return have reported nothing other than to compliment Rolex and National Geographic for their participation. He was back on the surface at noon and the whole ordeal only took five hours or so. Plenty of time to tell us what he saw and did down there. I guess he intends to keep the suspense up until he releases the movie. Does this mean that he can write off the whole project as a business expense?
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### Author:  [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/53 "2012-03-26T12:20:23Z")
I remember Bob Ballard’s response when he was asked about diving the trench. “It’s just a mud hole and not very interesting”.
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### Author:  [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/54 "2012-03-26T16:50:36Z")
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> At noon, local time Monday (10 p.m. ET Sunday), the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker’s “vertical torpedo” sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of Guam.
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> After a descent that took roughly two and a half hours, Cameron spent about three hours conducting the first manned scientific exploration of Challenger Deep.
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> For his return trip, Cameron experienced a faster-than-expected, roughly 70-minute ascent, which he described as a “heckuva ride.”
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> Bobbing in the open ocean, his custom-designed sub, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, was spotted by helicopter and plucked from the Pacific by a research ship’s crane.
]([National Geographic | National Geographic](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120326-james-cameron-mariana-trench-challenger-deepest-lunar-sub-science/))
[Whatchutalkin’about, Lobohan?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5420880&postcount=1)
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### Author:  [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/55 "2012-03-26T16:56:27Z")
O.K
What next? Mars?
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/56 "2012-03-26T16:58:49Z")
I like how he talks about how robust the vehicle is… after the hydraulics broke.
(to be fair, it’s a one-off vehicle and they are still ironing out the bugs)
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### Author:  [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/57 "2012-03-26T17:17:45Z")
Next up: He’s going to walk into Mordor.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/58 "2012-03-26T17:30:26Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Next up: He’s going to walk into Mordor.
I’ts been done before…
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/59 "2012-03-26T17:34:09Z")
> [@Frodo](#):
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> I’ts been done before…
Once. In 3019. For 12 days.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/60 "2012-03-26T17:35:07Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Next up: He’s going to walk into Mordor.
Anybody with Google Maps can do that.
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