Back to Titanic Part 2
Unsung Science
CBS News
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In “Back to Titanic” Part 1, David Pogue told of his invitation to join an expedition to visit the wreck of the Titanic in a custom submersible. The company, OceanGate, ordinarily charges $250,000 per person, as part of a new wave in adventure travel.
Bad weather immediately canceled the dive that Pogue and the “CBS Sunday Morning” crew were scheduled to join—but the CEO offered a consolation dive to the Grand Banks. The sights were said to include shark breeding grounds, towering underwater cliffs, and marine species never seen before.
Just as the sub was descending beneath the waves, the order to halt came from mission control.
In this episode, the story concludes.
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| 0:00.0 | 2021 was a big year for adventure travel. For the first time in history, rich people could |
| 0:08.3 | pay their way onto rockets for brief joy rides into space. It was also the year that a |
| 0:14.5 | company called Ocean Gate began taking passengers down to see the wreck of the Titanic. |
| 0:20.6 | I just wanted to do cool things with cool people, and I wanted to expand humanity's understanding |
| 0:25.7 | of the ocean. This summer, I joined one of the Ocean Gate expeditions in hopes of seeing |
| 0:31.2 | how it all works. I found out all right. I'm David Pope, and this is Unsung Science. |
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| 1:35.5 | Season 2 Episode 3 Back to the Titanic Part 2. Today, you'll hear the thrilling conclusion to the |
| 1:45.1 | story that began in the previous episode of Unsung Science, to which I gave the devilishly clever |
| 1:50.1 | title back to the Titanic Part 1. In that episode, I described a company called Ocean Gate, the only |
| 1:57.5 | outfit in the world still visiting the Titanic. For $250,000, you too can be one of the lucky passengers aboard |
| 2:07.8 | the company's one-of-a-kind carbon fiber submersible, designed by the company's CEO Stockton Rush. |
| 2:14.5 | I'd been lucky enough to be invited along as a reporter. CBS paid room and board for my crew |
| 2:20.8 | and for me, but nothing like a quarter of a million dollars. I'd encourage you to listen to that |
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