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title: "The Deepsea Challenger, the submarine that James Cameron piloted to…"
date: 2016-08-18
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a post.
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# The Deepsea Challenger, the submarine that James Cameron piloted to…

*August 18, 2016 · Facebook*

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The Deepsea Challenger, the submarine that James Cameron piloted to the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on the ocean floor, was made mostly of syntactic foam.\
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\"In 2005, he began working on building a submersible capable of carrying Cameron to the deepest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench. Working on a tight budget and in utter secrecy, Allum not only researched, co-designed and oversaw the build of the vehicle, but using a cake-mixer, invented a special foam capable of withstanding the intense water pressure 11 kilometres below the ocean's surface.\"
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