![]() If these people want bragging rights, that’s okay as far as I am concerned. That someone, in essence, helped fund the science aspects. So if he had spare capacity - that is, if he didn’t have a scientist to fill a seat for a certain dive - he would take someone else. ![]() Victor’s burn rate was about $1 million per month just to keep his scientific program alive. Once we knew it was not an immediate problem, we stayed on schedule.Ĭlash: Your thoughts on the recent “tourism” activity there, where people pay around a million dollars to be brought down? I had turned on the outside light, and that’s when I saw it. At the bottom, we found the cause - a crack across the cylindrical section of acrylic plastic that allowed us to see what was in back of the sub. Clearly, it was not a pressure breach, otherwise we’d have been dead instantly. Walsh: Yes, a loud crack was heard at about 30,000 feet. Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, the largest science and technology museum in Italy Homepage. I know it’s all in my head, but still.Ĭlash: Speaking of fear, didn’t you experience an anomaly on the way down during your historic dive? But up there, in a plane, you don’t sense the height. Those pictures of how they built the skyscrapers in Manhattan - guys sitting on a beam 800 feet above the ground eating sandwiches - just looking at them makes me uncomfortable. Vescovo and the OMEGA Planet Ocean watch for the worlds deepest dive on record (Photo by Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Omega) Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Omega Victor Vescovo attend the Five Deeps press conference at the British Museum, celebrating Victor. I couldn’t have imagined a better Father’s Day present. The professionalism of the staff running the dives, and the obvious robust design of the sub, other than maybe a lightbulb burning out occasionally, made me very comfortable. It is now a museum exhibit at the Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington State, USA. English: Bathyscaphe Trieste II was a US Navy deepsea exploration vehicle of the 1960s - 1970s. I’ve piloted about 20 manned submersibles over the years myself, so I know what to look for. Trieste II (submarine, 1964) From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. When I was out there with Victor in 2019, I saw how the sub works. Walsh: In fact, it was on Father’s Day, 2020. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ImagesĬlash: Your son, Kelly, recently made the same dive you did, with Victor Vescovo. Auguste and Jacques Piccard are respectively the grandfather and father of Swiss Balloonist Bertrand Piccard who is about to realize a non-stop round-the-world trip onboard the Breitling Orbiter III balloon. designed by Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard and son Jacques Piccard to break a world diving record in 1960. UNITED STATES: Picture showing the Trieste bathyscaphe taken 04 March 1957.
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