JAKARTA - A marine company offers an opportunity for those who are interested to take a closer look at the Titanic wreck. The company, called OceanGate Expeditions, will carry out a special mission and invite interested people to join them on a series of dives to the famous wreck.
But for those who are interested in seeing the Titanic wreck closer, they have to spend a lot. It costs $ 125,000 for this truly extraordinary adventure.
In addition, these people must also be selected in advance and those who successfully qualify are nicknamed 'mission specialists.' OceanGate President Stockton Rush is eager to emphasize his focus is on preserving what is left of the sunken ship for future generations.
Quoting The Vintage News, Saturday, November 28, Rush realized that the Titanic would not last long. It is hoped that there will be volunteer divers to scan and record the Titanic for 3D modeling in the future. Other urgent actions include assessing the conditions of the RMS Titanic and encountering some 300 unique marine inhabitants from different habitats.
"If you ask someone what is underwater they will answer the shark, the whale and the Titanic," Rush said.
By embarking on a massive scale, he hopes to promote the idea of helping to perpetuate the historic shipwreck at the site.
Planned from May 2021, this experience to the Titanic involves a trip to the Atlantic from Newfoundland. This nearly 400-mile voyage culminates in a participant aboard Titan, a state-of-the-art submarine developed with NASA knowledge. Known as the Cyclops, the one-eyed ship brought guests closer to Titanic.
Currently on offer are six trips of 10 days each. The deep dive on the submarine lasts between 8 and 10 hours. Titan can accommodate 5 passengers, 3 of them will be very important "scientists". They even have the opportunity to direct a submarine.
Titan was designed to travel to a depth of 3,800 feet, where Titanic had been lying since 1912. When it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage, the ship's hull was torn. A total of 705 people out of 2,000 passengers survived. The wreck of the Titanic was finally found in 1985. The wreck was divided into 2 parts, 2,000 feet apart.
A total of 54 slots are available for the trip. All of these slots are almost full. Rush said he has a list of people who will be on the first six expeditions from May to July, with additional space available.
In addition, Rush reportedly wanted to make the Titanic expedition an annual activity, if the mission from early May to July 2021 proved successful. OceanGate predicts that multiple missions spanning several years will be required to fully document the debris.
Interest in the Titanic's final resting place which is also a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site, is still high in the 21st century. Apart from the OceanGate plan, there are 2 missions in development. One of them is a trip that follows the same waterway as the Titanic.
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