Richard Branson = Epic Win. Launches Virgin Oceanic
Yes - Virgin Oceanic. Not content to conquer air, land and space, and for that matter, the surface of the ocean with Virgin Cruise Lines, Richard Branson is now going after the ocean depths as well.
While it looks like a cute little sub designed to show rich passengers a good time at the Great Barrier Reef or during a break from cruising their yacht around the Caribbean, this is actually designed to visit the very depths of the world's oceans. Specifically, his partner in the enterprise will take it to the bottom of the Mariana Trench later this year - becoming the second human-operated vehicle to make that dive, and only the third vehicle in history. After that, Bransonator himself will pilot it to the bottom of the Atlantic - the Puerto Rico Trench. Once all that is worked out, the Necker Nymph (the type of craft - I am sure the ships will be called V.S.S. Nautilus or something like that) will be used to taking paying customers down to the ocean depths. Pretty incredible really.
While it looks like a cute little sub designed to show rich passengers a good time at the Great Barrier Reef or during a break from cruising their yacht around the Caribbean, this is actually designed to visit the very depths of the world's oceans. Specifically, his partner in the enterprise will take it to the bottom of the Mariana Trench later this year - becoming the second human-operated vehicle to make that dive, and only the third vehicle in history. After that, Bransonator himself will pilot it to the bottom of the Atlantic - the Puerto Rico Trench. Once all that is worked out, the Necker Nymph (the type of craft - I am sure the ships will be called V.S.S. Nautilus or something like that) will be used to taking paying customers down to the ocean depths. Pretty incredible really.
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