It would be so easy to be an explorer and citizen scientist with a submersible, too. Dive basically anywhere else and share some notes about what kind of things you saw. Heck, just throw some pictures of deep sea fish on iNaturalist and I’m sure it will be helpful to someone, but no.
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I don’t know exactly why I feel the need to call this out (which is to say, I’m not trying to come to James Cameron’s defense particularly), but interestingly, I noticed that while he did assert he was basically sure the vessel had been destroyed, he did try to ponder other possible scenarios that might fit the same facts he had at hand.
Its that exact type of doubt that I think proves the value of the rescue effort continuing until it was known that it was a lost cause; if even an expert had even a small doubt that there was another possible explanation, then it seems plausible to have held out a small hope and keep looking.
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So the end of the rescue mission merely determines when the investigation can commence.
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Yah, I don’t mean to be too hard on Cameron there. He’s a smart and rational guy by all accounts. You have to be to do the things he’s done. That Challenger Deep dive was no joke. Rich blowhard or not, he deserves a lot of credit for that accomplishment. Even though he wasn’t the first, it’s still amazing to even attempt that.
He’s not just another Hollywood director, I think it’s safe to say. He puts his money where his mouth is and has put his own ass in serious jeopardy many times for his art.
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