Octopus is Paul's yacht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)
One of his yachts.
Man, whenever I see Paul Allen whining about Gates or Ballmer, I think, it sure is curious way to screw someone over: turning them into a billionaire.
Re:James Cameron begins deepest dive
by saucetenuto on Monday March 26, 2012 @09:22AM
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Does Paul Allen actually whine, or is it just that other people whine on his behalf? All the quotes I've read from him have been classy, or at least reserved.
"yacht"
They should have had a 737 communicating with the sub, tweeting it, at -35755 Feet below sea level - that is the same distance that commercial airlines cruise at.
They would have had the world record for "longest vertical distance between two terrestrial crafts communicating with one another"
Why is a commercial airline more terrestrial than a space shuttle or the Apollo Command Module? /pedantry
I was trying to specify "within atmosphere" meaning it would be the furthest vertical distance two people could communicate from without being in space.
However I now realize that we have flown planes far higher than ~70K feet - which would have been a greater distance that what i was thinking.
He says he's on "Octopus," which I assume is one of the support vessels. Aparently Cameron's sub has just touched down on the seabed, Allen's latest tweet:
#deepseachallenge hit bottom at 0752 local time "All systems ok"
and a few minutes before that:
"Now on the bottom 35755 ft!! Plan is for #Deepseachallenge to spend 4-6 hours on the seabed- take samples....Huge Congrats what a relief!!!"
Very exciting!