# return to the challenger deep

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-the-challenger-deep/29339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-the-challenger-deep/29339 "2000-08-14T19:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-the-challenger-deep/29339/1 "2000-08-14T19:19:10Z")

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man has been to the moon several times. man has been to both poles and the highest mountains on many occasions. why then have we only visited the ‘challenger deep’ once, forty years ago? why isn’t this a standard goal for the extreme oceanographic set? there’s only one sub and two names associated with manned descents to this deepest of known places on earth, and from what i understand, they didn’t stay long enough to let the dust settle and have a good look around. what gives - no guided tours?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-the-challenger-deep/29339/2 "2000-08-14T21:03:11Z")

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No real answer for you, but for more info about the descent of the _Trieste_ in 1960, see [Underwater Magazine](http://www.diveweb.com/uw/archives/arch/uw-wi99.04.htm).

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**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-the-challenger-deep/29339/3 "2000-08-14T21:27:20Z")

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> No real answer for you

that answer was real enough for me - the link specifically addressed my question. i figured it would be some financial concern, but still you’d think that in 40 years, someone would’ve shelled out for the guaranteed fame such an expedition would bring.