**A Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean: An Exclusive Interview**

We recently sat down with two explorers who will embark on a historic journey to explore the world's oceans, visiting all five of them. This expedition aims to collect data and samples from each ocean, providing scientists with valuable insights into the marine ecosystem.

Our conversation took place before they set off, and we were excited to learn more about their expectations for this monumental task. "We're going to be comfortable with each other," said one of the explorers, referring to the fact that they will be living in close quarters for an extended period. This is crucial for a mission like this, where the team will be spending hours on end together.

The team's excitement is palpable as they prepare to embark on their journey. "They're going to take some samples," said our interviewer, "but beyond that, they don't really know what to expect." The ocean floor is a largely uncharted territory, and even with advanced technology, there are no guarantees of what they will encounter.

**The Scope of the Expedition**

As we discussed with the explorers, this expedition aims to explore all five oceans: the Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Ocean. "They're going to be taking core samples," our interviewer noted, "but beyond that, they don't really know what to expect." This is a bold endeavor, one that will undoubtedly provide scientists with valuable insights into the marine ecosystem.

One of the most fascinating aspects of this expedition is the potential for discovery. As we discussed earlier, the ocean floor is home to a vast array of life forms, many of which were previously unknown to science. The explorers are well aware of this and are preparing themselves for the possibility that they may stumble upon something entirely new.

**The Choice: Moon or Ocean?**

We also had the opportunity to pose a question to our audience: would you rather ride Elon Musk's ship around the moon or go to the bottom of the ocean with this expedition? The results were split, with some preferring the thrill of space travel and others opting for the uncharted territories of the ocean floor.

"I think I'd still go with around the moon," said one respondent. "I feel like the cameras on the vessel are going to be able to see stuff better than you can." This is a valid point, as the ocean floor is often shrouded in darkness and mist. The prospect of witnessing something new and uncharted is a compelling one.

**The Potential for Discovery**

One of the most intriguing aspects of this expedition is the potential for discovery. As we discussed earlier, the ocean floor is home to a vast array of life forms, many of which were previously unknown to science. The explorers are well aware of this and are preparing themselves for the possibility that they may stumble upon something entirely new.

"I think about that," said our interviewer. "You're the first person to ever see that, and then you get to name it after yourself." This is a tantalizing prospect, one that has captured the imagination of scientists and explorers alike.

**The Team's Expectations**

As we spoke with the explorers, it became clear that they are well-prepared for this expedition. "We're going to be comfortable with each other," said one of them, referring to the fact that they will be living in close quarters for an extended period. This is crucial for a mission like this, where the team will be spending hours on end together.

"We know there's gonna be some life down there," our interviewer noted. "Scientists didn't actually believe that there was life that could withstand pressure so high and lack of light." The explorers are well aware of this and are preparing themselves for the possibility that they may encounter something entirely new.

**The Future of Exploration**

As we concluded our conversation with the explorers, it became clear that this expedition is just the beginning. With the help of technology and advanced research techniques, scientists will be able to explore the ocean floor in ways previously thought impossible. The potential for discovery is vast, and we can't wait to see what this team uncovers.

**Stay Tuned**

For more information on this expedition, including updates from the field and behind-the-scenes stories, be sure to check out Drew's article at Digital Trends. We'll also be keeping track of their progress and sharing photos and videos with our audience. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news and updates @GonzoTorpedo

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ennow we are going to talk about something that I think is really exciting because I love this idea of exploring the ocean and we're joined here by drew Prindle hello drew how's it going doing well our emerging tech editor here and this project is so fascinating to me because it's we've talked a lot about space here on this show just because SpaceX is always doing things yeah there's always so much going on but more people have been to space and have been to where these guys are planning to go so let's exactly let's talk about this maybe can give us a rundown of what five deeps is okay so five deeps is an expedition to the five deepest parts of each of the world's five oceans so the weird thing about that is well first of all only three people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean challenger deep one of which is James Cameron yeah the guys did avatar and Titanic and all that stuff so but in addition to the fact that we've only three people have been to that one point we actually don't know with complete certainty what the deepest parts of the other four oceans are and that's what's crazy I get so unexplored yeah you know I mean you think about even with when there was the missing plane you know they they mapped a bunch of the ocean that had never been seen yet just to try and find something and try to find something and yeah it's unsuccessfully because it's so big so yeah a big part of this mission is going to be mapping the ocean floor so they can first of all figure out where these super deep parts of the ocean are and then once they figure that out they're gonna actually go down to the bottom of them and they've got all kinds of scientific equipment they've got video equipment they've got it and it's all tacked on to this insane submarine that's going to get them there and can withstand the pressures of the deep ocean yeah I was reading that like at the bottom it's um 800 times the pressure at sea level yeah yeah and that will crush you in a second yeah which is nice yeah that's that's crazy I I would I think about you know how that works like the technology behind that because it is like going to you know it is like going to space yeah I mean trying to figure out something for like if one thing goes wrong you were dead in a second yeah boom one little hole in the hole it's like that'll fill up in under a second you can't I would constantly be looking at the walls like oh my god it's like any take metal leak or crap yeah we'd be so paranoid I still do it I would definitely go in it but I would be paranoid the entire time so how let's walk through the actual process of this so it's these two guys who decided they wanted to do this yeah how are they building the equipment like what equipment are they using what tech are they using so the equipment is already pretty much built okay so the submarine is essentially a titanium alloy sphere that has these acrylic lens windows built into the sides and it's all covered up in this thing this white shell it's made out of this stuff called syntactic foam which is essentially just a much better material for exploring the deep oceans because it can withstand pressure and kind of disperses it over a wide surface area and it won't really like compact it won't Bend in the same way like metal will and okay fracture the same way glass will so it's just a much better material for getting way down deep and under these huge pressures is this a new material no it's actually been around for quite some time the thing it was like you know I feel like early expeditions just didn't have access to this so it's yeah it was like we said there were only a couple expeditions to the bottom of the ocean one of which was in 1960 like the first one to go to challenge your deep was 1960s oh wow they basically went down in a tin can and the reason they came up was because they're like oh crap there's a crack in the window let's get out of here whoo and it took him five hours to get to the bottom in three hours to get back up to the top yeah because you have to go so slow this one's gonna be a little that pressure and that was icy I'm looking here Jacque Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh yes yeah James Cameron which James Cameron he when he came up with that project because I know it was originally in Titanic but then they kept me just kept he just got so hooked on yeah submarines but they developed a lot of original yeah check for that he did he did a lot of groundwork for deep ocean exploration which is kind of crazy that he's just like a filmmaker right eccentric billionaire a guy like yeah let's I mean if you had the money yeah sure that's good about me oh sure worse things to spend your money on absolutely yes so in addition to that really crazy design that is gonna allow it to just go down comfortably and it not be like a sketchy mission uh-huh it's also like they had the benefit of learning from those past missions like this is what the bottom of the ocean is like here's what you're gonna need so it has led lights because obviously there's not a lot of light reaching the bottom in the air it has low light cameras it has there and there's also a bunch of other little vessels that are going to be accompanying this thing although it'll go down at yeah and those are for scientific like basically gather so they're gonna they've got pressure sensors they've got conductivity testers there's one that's gonna take core samples of like the bottom of the ocean so that kind of tell what was down there yeah and you know let's see what else there's they also have little wildlife catcher grabber thing we're gonna snag some things it'll basically just like suck in yeah like fish or whatever they encounter without hurting it and then they can bring it back up and keep it pressurized so that's yeah keep it probably dark too for it so this thing is basically just built from the ground up to be like the perfect ocean exploration machine and which is cool because they are gonna be going there what it's something over like a quarter million miles yeah it was two hundred thirty six thousand miles yeah and they're going to every star excuse me to and 36,000 feet 40,000 nautical miles okay yeah that's right yeah descending more than I mean it's kind of hold up over that because that's the other thing that I would worry about is you know you're testing this out if there's a mistake that's it like we said crushed and yeah that's the thing like it's been tested a few times but it hasn't really been used for a prolonged period of time like that so there's two of them that are doing this and again this entire articles up at Digital Trends calm it's a really great in-depth article asking these guys in particular some questions and yeah we actually got an interview with the two guys who are going to be in the sub they pick this up at the same time I think so yeah okay you got to really really be comfortable with somebody just have to do that tiny thing was somebody for that many hours and so they're going to all five oceans which again is Atlantic Arctic Indian Pacific Southern Ocean I think that's what people sometimes forget yeah and then so they've got all this and so what what are they expecting to find you said they're going to be taking some samples I think that's the thing like you don't really don't know because that exploration side yes so I mean they they kind of know they're good that there's gonna be like something see life yeah that was one of the things that one of those first expeditions discovered is like holy crap there's like fish and crustaceans which scientists didn't actually believe there's like there's no way that life could withstand pressure so high and like no light and turns out that there's actually a ton of life on the bottom of the ocean so they know they're probably gonna find some of that yeah they know they're gonna be down there for taking core samples but beyond that they don't really know what to expect well I just thought of a question I want to drop into the chat while we're talking about this so would you rather ride Elon Musk's ship that's gonna go around the moon the one that he's gonna be sending up I think in a year or two or would you rather go to the bottom of the ocean which one if you could do one or the other around the moon or bottom of the ocean way fewer people have been to the bottom of the ocean there's only I mean even if these two go that's five people so you would be one of the sixth persons I think I'd still go with around the moon around the room just because like bottom of the ocean it's not gonna be the most like visually crazy experience I feel like the cameras that are on the vessel are gonna be able to see stuff better than you can so yeah it's gonna be like looking at a tiny little porthole going like that but if you're going around the moon you get to see like the earth as you're like going away you get to see the Dark Side of the Moon it get to come back but what if you discover something down there like you're the first person to ever like you think about that you're the first person to ever see that and then you get to name it after you're so yes which is what scientists do all the time right yeah riffin is greatest in the bottom of the ocean yeah I mean so I think man it's a hard choice but if you had decided I'm already seeing people gene on YouTube said moon let's see Kevin says Moon easy I don't know I might I think I think I might go to the bottom Yoshi yeah yeah just because I would didn't I be you know the sixth person to the bottom and also yeah it's a much more smaller Club yeah yeah you know and then I can know that oh you would to the moon oh that's neat so yeah I think I think I might go to the bottom yes I mean do you have to choose between one you have to choose wow this is clearly why one of us needs to become an eccentric billionaire so we can do both he says you'll be the first one killed by the thing in the ocean the thing the thing at the bottom of the ocean yeah but see then they can you know write stories about it I don't know let's go alright so so again this articles up there at digital trends right now five deeps talking about this project anything else that people should know about this and like how are they going to be doing video and yes so keep track of it um check out their website which you can find through our article and Digital Trends yeah but the link to it we've got a bunch of awesome pictures on there as well but yeah I believe they're gonna be capturing a ton of video this whole expedition is just to get as much data as possible and a lot of that is visual data and they're gonna be recording the whole thing I'm sure there's gonna be documentaries coming out and oh yeah they've got stuff that they put up on YouTube but this is like a pretty big undertaking and they know that people want to watch so they're definitely shooting videos and photos like crazy Wow well I'd check out that article it's really really great Digital Trends calm and take a look at Drew's article and everything else that drew is doing how can people follow you drew check me out on Twitter gonzo torpedo I really want to hear you say it I pretty much post everything on there that's best place to find me or just check me out on digital trends yeah there it isnow we are going to talk about something that I think is really exciting because I love this idea of exploring the ocean and we're joined here by drew Prindle hello drew how's it going doing well our emerging tech editor here and this project is so fascinating to me because it's we've talked a lot about space here on this show just because SpaceX is always doing things yeah there's always so much going on but more people have been to space and have been to where these guys are planning to go so let's exactly let's talk about this maybe can give us a rundown of what five deeps is okay so five deeps is an expedition to the five deepest parts of each of the world's five oceans so the weird thing about that is well first of all only three people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean challenger deep one of which is James Cameron yeah the guys did avatar and Titanic and all that stuff so but in addition to the fact that we've only three people have been to that one point we actually don't know with complete certainty what the deepest parts of the other four oceans are and that's what's crazy I get so unexplored yeah you know I mean you think about even with when there was the missing plane you know they they mapped a bunch of the ocean that had never been seen yet just to try and find something and try to find something and yeah it's unsuccessfully because it's so big so yeah a big part of this mission is going to be mapping the ocean floor so they can first of all figure out where these super deep parts of the ocean are and then once they figure that out they're gonna actually go down to the bottom of them and they've got all kinds of scientific equipment they've got video equipment they've got it and it's all tacked on to this insane submarine that's going to get them there and can withstand the pressures of the deep ocean yeah I was reading that like at the bottom it's um 800 times the pressure at sea level yeah yeah and that will crush you in a second yeah which is nice yeah that's that's crazy I I would I think about you know how that works like the technology behind that because it is like going to you know it is like going to space yeah I mean trying to figure out something for like if one thing goes wrong you were dead in a second yeah boom one little hole in the hole it's like that'll fill up in under a second you can't I would constantly be looking at the walls like oh my god it's like any take metal leak or crap yeah we'd be so paranoid I still do it I would definitely go in it but I would be paranoid the entire time so how let's walk through the actual process of this so it's these two guys who decided they wanted to do this yeah how are they building the equipment like what equipment are they using what tech are they using so the equipment is already pretty much built okay so the submarine is essentially a titanium alloy sphere that has these acrylic lens windows built into the sides and it's all covered up in this thing this white shell it's made out of this stuff called syntactic foam which is essentially just a much better material for exploring the deep oceans because it can withstand pressure and kind of disperses it over a wide surface area and it won't really like compact it won't Bend in the same way like metal will and okay fracture the same way glass will so it's just a much better material for getting way down deep and under these huge pressures is this a new material no it's actually been around for quite some time the thing it was like you know I feel like early expeditions just didn't have access to this so it's yeah it was like we said there were only a couple expeditions to the bottom of the ocean one of which was in 1960 like the first one to go to challenge your deep was 1960s oh wow they basically went down in a tin can and the reason they came up was because they're like oh crap there's a crack in the window let's get out of here whoo and it took him five hours to get to the bottom in three hours to get back up to the top yeah because you have to go so slow this one's gonna be a little that pressure and that was icy I'm looking here Jacque Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh yes yeah James Cameron which James Cameron he when he came up with that project because I know it was originally in Titanic but then they kept me just kept he just got so hooked on yeah submarines but they developed a lot of original yeah check for that he did he did a lot of groundwork for deep ocean exploration which is kind of crazy that he's just like a filmmaker right eccentric billionaire a guy like yeah let's I mean if you had the money yeah sure that's good about me oh sure worse things to spend your money on absolutely yes so in addition to that really crazy design that is gonna allow it to just go down comfortably and it not be like a sketchy mission uh-huh it's also like they had the benefit of learning from those past missions like this is what the bottom of the ocean is like here's what you're gonna need so it has led lights because obviously there's not a lot of light reaching the bottom in the air it has low light cameras it has there and there's also a bunch of other little vessels that are going to be accompanying this thing although it'll go down at yeah and those are for scientific like basically gather so they're gonna they've got pressure sensors they've got conductivity testers there's one that's gonna take core samples of like the bottom of the ocean so that kind of tell what was down there yeah and you know let's see what else there's they also have little wildlife catcher grabber thing we're gonna snag some things it'll basically just like suck in yeah like fish or whatever they encounter without hurting it and then they can bring it back up and keep it pressurized so that's yeah keep it probably dark too for it so this thing is basically just built from the ground up to be like the perfect ocean exploration machine and which is cool because they are gonna be going there what it's something over like a quarter million miles yeah it was two hundred thirty six thousand miles yeah and they're going to every star excuse me to and 36,000 feet 40,000 nautical miles okay yeah that's right yeah descending more than I mean it's kind of hold up over that because that's the other thing that I would worry about is you know you're testing this out if there's a mistake that's it like we said crushed and yeah that's the thing like it's been tested a few times but it hasn't really been used for a prolonged period of time like that so there's two of them that are doing this and again this entire articles up at Digital Trends calm it's a really great in-depth article asking these guys in particular some questions and yeah we actually got an interview with the two guys who are going to be in the sub they pick this up at the same time I think so yeah okay you got to really really be comfortable with somebody just have to do that tiny thing was somebody for that many hours and so they're going to all five oceans which again is Atlantic Arctic Indian Pacific Southern Ocean I think that's what people sometimes forget yeah and then so they've got all this and so what what are they expecting to find you said they're going to be taking some samples I think that's the thing like you don't really don't know because that exploration side yes so I mean they they kind of know they're good that there's gonna be like something see life yeah that was one of the things that one of those first expeditions discovered is like holy crap there's like fish and crustaceans which scientists didn't actually believe there's like there's no way that life could withstand pressure so high and like no light and turns out that there's actually a ton of life on the bottom of the ocean so they know they're probably gonna find some of that yeah they know they're gonna be down there for taking core samples but beyond that they don't really know what to expect well I just thought of a question I want to drop into the chat while we're talking about this so would you rather ride Elon Musk's ship that's gonna go around the moon the one that he's gonna be sending up I think in a year or two or would you rather go to the bottom of the ocean which one if you could do one or the other around the moon or bottom of the ocean way fewer people have been to the bottom of the ocean there's only I mean even if these two go that's five people so you would be one of the sixth persons I think I'd still go with around the moon around the room just because like bottom of the ocean it's not gonna be the most like visually crazy experience I feel like the cameras that are on the vessel are gonna be able to see stuff better than you can so yeah it's gonna be like looking at a tiny little porthole going like that but if you're going around the moon you get to see like the earth as you're like going away you get to see the Dark Side of the Moon it get to come back but what if you discover something down there like you're the first person to ever like you think about that you're the first person to ever see that and then you get to name it after you're so yes which is what scientists do all the time right yeah riffin is greatest in the bottom of the ocean yeah I mean so I think man it's a hard choice but if you had decided I'm already seeing people gene on YouTube said moon let's see Kevin says Moon easy I don't know I might I think I think I might go to the bottom Yoshi yeah yeah just because I would didn't I be you know the sixth person to the bottom and also yeah it's a much more smaller Club yeah yeah you know and then I can know that oh you would to the moon oh that's neat so yeah I think I think I might go to the bottom yes I mean do you have to choose between one you have to choose wow this is clearly why one of us needs to become an eccentric billionaire so we can do both he says you'll be the first one killed by the thing in the ocean the thing the thing at the bottom of the ocean yeah but see then they can you know write stories about it I don't know let's go alright so so again this articles up there at digital trends right now five deeps talking about this project anything else that people should know about this and like how are they going to be doing video and yes so keep track of it um check out their website which you can find through our article and Digital Trends yeah but the link to it we've got a bunch of awesome pictures on there as well but yeah I believe they're gonna be capturing a ton of video this whole expedition is just to get as much data as possible and a lot of that is visual data and they're gonna be recording the whole thing I'm sure there's gonna be documentaries coming out and oh yeah they've got stuff that they put up on YouTube but this is like a pretty big undertaking and they know that people want to watch so they're definitely shooting videos and photos like crazy Wow well I'd check out that article it's really really great Digital Trends calm and take a look at Drew's article and everything else that drew is doing how can people follow you drew check me out on Twitter gonzo torpedo I really want to hear you say it I pretty much post everything on there that's best place to find me or just check me out on digital trends yeah there it is\n"