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in a story published last week. “It reignited old myths that only a crazy person would dive in one of these things.”
“We had a client, a wonderful man,” he added. “He called me up and said, ‘You know, what we need to do is build a sub that can dive to repeatedly and safely and demonstrate to the world that you guys can do that, and that Titan was a contraption.’” That client happened to be none other than Connor, who has used his $2 billion net worth to travel to the“I want to show people worldwide that while the ocean is extremely powerful, it can be wonderful and enjoyable and really kind of life-changing if you go about it the right way,” Connor told the Journal.were killed in an implosion 2.5 miles beneath the surface
Rush , seen here aboard one of his submersibles in 2013, was killed in last year's dive. Lahey said the tragedy"had a chilling effect on people’s interest" in submersibles.and built a two-man submersible called the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer. According to the Journal, the vessel can purportedly descend to 4,000 meters — 200 more than needed to reach the Titanic.for a whopping $20 million, a dive date for the Triton 4000 has yet to be announced.
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