Deepsea Challenge 3D Page #2

Whos got to have their stuff plugged in, ready to test, when.

And everybody is going to be individually accountable for their stuff to that schedule.

Weve got a ship sitting at that pier down there with nothing to do.

Right now its just on the clock like a taxi meter.

A taxi meter at $35,000 a day.

Jims management style is often to put people under pressure

and get results from that

and...

that can work really well, but when you're in a R&D project,

sometimes things just

arent going to work.

(Dave) And weve got some mechanical problems here

that well solve

over the next couple of weeks.

Hopefully before Christmas Eve, if we can do it.

If not, it will be Boxing Day.

(James)

Were not going to compromise.

You dont compromise.

Not on the stuff

that keeps you alive.

The most important thing

is the weight system.

Basically you strap a bunch of weight on the sub at the surface

and then you let go and the thing sinks like a rock.

So, literally,

if the weights dont come off,

the sub doesnt come up.

(James) So when youve got a system thats survival critical,

the only way to be confident is to test it over and over and over and over.

When you dive to the bottom of the ocean you have to face the fact

that there are a hundred

horrible ways to die.

In the unlikely event that there is a break in any of the seals,

in even the penetrator or the hatch... Closing hatch.

the water will bust through with the strength of which it could cut a man in half.

Theres the risk of fire.

Its Jims personal nightmare.

Go! Drill.

Fire, fire, fire!

Forward cabin.

Okay, I'm on mask comms.

Vision life support.

Shut down the oxygen.

Copy that.

Now, vision one.

Now, what about vision two?

Bail out rebreather.

Isolate the oxygen.

Shut it off.

Right.

Consider drop weights.

Right, drop weights.

Weights coming off.

Weights are off.

And done.

Thats 25 seconds.

Yeah, 25 seconds.

Okay, I give myself a 50I50 chance of survival on that.

(John) The biggest danger is probably C02,

the waste product

from our breath.

And if thats

not cleaned and scrubbed,

the pilot will be

struggling to breathe

and will eventually

pass out and die.

[alarm beeping]

Jim. you okay?

(James)I think that theres a certain kind of healthy paranoia

that goes into the engineering

of a vehicle like this.

You funnel that anxiety into the engineering solutions that make it safe.

Done.

Good.

What I dont like

personally focusing on

is what if somebody had

to call Suzy and tell her?

I hear all the risks

because he tells me.

And then he tells me

all of the things

that hes created

so that it will be safe.

And dome. All right?

Got it. Sure.

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