Actually, can't find confirmation that Nargeolet had been on Titan before.
But he was very, very experienced and would know what he was (literally) getting into.
During an interview in 2019, Nargeolet, then 73, was asked whether he got scared diving 12,500ft below the water's surface to reach...
Yeah, poor choices.
But, to be clear, they've erected (ooh-eh) an actual bed in the standard camping area.
Heroic!
(Wouldn't be great if everyone did it, mind)
Yeah, gotta feel for the kid (and his mum/sister)...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/titanic-submersible-shahwood-suleman-family-tragedy-rcna90678
Azmeh Dawood — the older sister of Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood — told NBC News that her nephew, Suleman, informed a relative that he...
The sounds were dismissed as 'background ocean noise' by coastguards this morning - https://www.unilad.com/news/missing-titanic-sub-sounds-background-ocean-noise-049417-20230622
How mad is this?
The family of Hamish Harding, the billionaire missing aboard the Titan submersible, has condemned the “extremely bad taste” of a submarine-themed ball held at his former Cambridge college hours before oxygen on the craft was expected to run out.
Pembroke College students...
A pedant writes: It's actually a Logitech PC controller, styled like a PlayStation controller - seemingly with 3D-printed plastic enhancements.
In the CBS video, the CEO jokes about it, throws it down and claims to carry two spares.
Which left me thinking: would he really pack two spares?!
Seven ways sounds impressive...
Three "enormous," "beat-up" lead construction pipes called "triple weights"
Two "roll weights"
Several ballast bags
Self-dissolving bonds on the ballast bags
Thrusters to propel the sub upward
Detachable sub legs
An airbag to inflate
... but it can't get to...