Deepsea Challenge 3D Page #4

Okay, the camera boom

is also wired backwards.

(Da ve) Your sonar head is upside down,

therefore it will relay that information back to front.

Okay. All right.

That explains that.

So pretty much everything that can be wired backwards is wired backwards.

Now, be advised temperature is 100 degrees. 100 degrees.

We 're not having

a good time here.

Okay, I think its time

to descend one meter. Over.

Woohoo!

S.O., do you copy? Over.

[radio static]

We can go ahead

and terminate this test dive

because the A comms, while submerged, are not acceptable. Over.

Thats the big dive. One meter. [laughing]

Okay, so the test

in Sydney Harbour

showed us exactly

how ready we 're not.

Well, the compass worked.

But weve got to get

out of the harbor

and test the sub

in deeper water.

[chatter]

This dive

will also provide Mike

with our first opportunity to film Deepsea Challenger underwater.

Have fun.

Yeah, thanks.

I mean, itll be fun

if everything works

or even if 50 percent of it works. Exactly.

All right. Well see you on the bottom.

(Dave) Okay, trial dive ready to release.

Standby to initiate descent.

Release, release, release.

[man]

See you later, buddy.

Surface, surface.

Deepsea Challenger.

Do you copy? Over?

Copy that,

Deepsea Challenger.

A comms signal is coming through strong and clear.

Yeah, copy, surface. I am approaching the bottom, dropping shot to slow descent.

200 units and down thrust in.

Just easing down.

And touchdown.

Surface, I am on the bottom.

Depth 62 feet. Over.

Super, super successful dive.

Everything worked.

Yeah, you guys have pulled off a pretty amazing feat.

You know, to have a second dive in the open ocean

and for pretty much

everything to work,

in the history of manned

submersible operations,

is pretty much unheard of.

Well done.

(James)

I'm proud of the team.

They really came through.

We 're ready to sail.

Hollywood director James Cameron has paid tribute

to an Australian filmmaker

and his American colleague

who were killed in a helicopter crash south of Sydney.

Andrew was flying

his own helicopter

with American filmmaker

Mike de Gruy

when it crashed

just after take off

on this tiny airstrip

at Jaspers Brush.

(John) I found out about Andre ws accident,

you know, I was

busy organizing things.

I remember Jim walking

straight across the deck to me

and he looked at me and he said, "Dives aborted. "

I'll never forget

the look on his face. He--

He went white as a sheet

and then he said,

"Weve lost Mike and Andre w. "

Immediately after the accident,

I was just so sick at heart

in general, that I just--

it just felt wrong

to even be trying to continue.

(Suzy) There was just such a devastation in his voice

and I had never seen him...

ever in that way.

(James) Andrew and Mike were like family to me.

They were

my deep sea brothers

and true explorers.

It just went chomp. I was literally inside the jaws of the shark.

Cant get any closer.

It was incredible.

There was just this big rip

across the fabric of reality

for these families and you think, 'Is this worth it?"

Maybe just risks

shouldnt be taken.

Maybe the consequences

to our families are too great.

I think the one thing

I've learned from all of this

is dont leave things

to deal with later, you know?

If you love people and you want to spend time with them, then do it.

Dont put it off till later

because it's--

It just goes.

It just goes in a heartbeat.

(James) Over the next, I want to say 24 to 48 hours,

there just seemed

to be this sense

that the way to give

the situation meaning

was not to walk away and have it have been for nothing.

Just how do we do it?

How do we muster up

the strength?

How do we put

the pieces back together?

We set up a war room

and we got real serious.

And the funny thing

was that everybody stepped up.

I hate it when people say, ''Its what they would have wanted. "

But, frankly, theyd both kick my ass if we wimped out now.

its the right thing to do,

to give purpose and meaning

to what Andrew and Mike

stood for as explorers.

So were on our way

to Papua New Guinea,

to the New Britain Trench,

where were going

to do our test dives,

going progressively

deeper and deeper.

This place is everything

Andrew promised,

calm deep water

right offshore,

sheltered by the island.

These are perfect

diving conditions.

The shadow of the accident

is still hanging over us.

Theres this sense of dread and a feeling that were just not ready.

Let's dive.

And thats exactly when youve got to push through it.

Right now

these guys need a win.

We need to get

a deep dive under our beIts

and then maybe we can face going all the way to Challenger Deep.

See you in the sunshine.

Coming UP-

Okay, its on you, Steve.

Nice and slow.

Sometimes you have to push and you have to make that dive,

even if you think

you're not ready.

[chatter]

That gives people

a sense of accomplishment.

They'll come back and say,

"We did it guys, "you know?

"Look What We did. "

Okay, standby

for the transition, guys.

(James) Whether we achieve our ultimate goal or not,

I think weve all learned

an incredible amount

about each other and how

you work together as a team.

And here we go.

(Dave) Keep it coming, Donny. Keep it coming.

Deepsea Challenger, standby

to rotate to dive position.

Yeah, copy that.

One minute to target area.

COP)-

Deepsea Challenger,

you're on target now.

On target now.

(James) Wait, one, I just got to do final checks.

Okay, final checks.

Vision one.

18 percent O2.

CO2 is 0.3 percent.

Scrubber fan is running.

To ward B bus, the lowest bus at 87 percent. Looking good.

Depth gauge is working.

Compass is working.

Now, wait, one.

Okay, ready for descent.

Are you ready?

Yeah, Deepsea Challenger,

whenever you're ready

we II initiate launch.

(James)

Okay, here we go.

And release, release, release.

Deepsea Challenger,

you are now released.

Safe travels. (James) See you.

I think my heart rates up

a little bit at the moment

that I tell them to release the sub and I start to drop.

But right away

theres so many things to do,

establishing communications

and all that.

Surface, Deepsea Challenger,

do you copy? Over.

Deepsea Challenger, A comms Mermaid, how do you copy? Over.

Copy you, John, loud and clear.

You have a good comms voice.

Copy that. The skipper says its like I'm talking to my grandma.

Do you want a biscuit?

Surface Deepsea Challenger,

I'm at 2,873 feet,

vertical speed 1.4 knots.

Okay, I'm going

to drop some shot.

.6 knots.

Okay, definitely slowing down.

Should be seeing something

pretty soon.

Ah ha.

That's it.

Definitely have bottom.

Cool terrain coming up here.

Slowing.

Contact.

Surface, Deepsea Challenger,

I am on the bottom.

Depth 3,074 feet. Over.

Deepsea Challenger, copy that.

You are on the bottom.

The lander is 250 meters.

(James) Yeah, hang on. I'm just learning

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