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To: stockman_scott who wrote (249402)	5/22/2010 1:20:01 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

I think the vast majority of Americans don't realize that a mile under the ocean is as far away as Mars, as far as our ability to operate and do things there are concerned. Yesterday on Chris Matthews, Chris said he couldn't understand why we didn't have a dozen submarines working on the blowout. Well, DUH, Chris - our submarines can't GO that deep! Who has equipment that CAN work that deep? The oil companies working there and a couple of ocean research outfits. The research craft are mainly just for taking photos and grabbing up samples - not doing actual work. en.wikipedia.org "An increasing number of occupied submersibles are now employed around the world. The American-built DSV Alvin that is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is a three-person submarine that can dive to about 3,600 m (12,000 ft) and is equipped with a mechanical manipulator to collect bottom samples.[34] Alvin made its first test dive in 1964, and has performed more than 3,000 dives to average depths of 1,829 meters (6,000 ft). Alvin has also involved in a wide variety of research projects, such as one where giant tube worms were discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor near the Galápagos Islands.[35] Unmanned, robot submersibles, capable of descending to depths of as much as 6,000 m (20,000 ft), are also being used for underwater exploration.[36] Argo was employed in 1985 to locate the wreck of the Titanic; the smaller Jason was also used to explore the ship wreck.[37]" scientificamerican.com