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Neil Gerace wrote: It won't console anyone, but fewer people have been to the bottom of the ocean than have been into space. Not if you count all the dead ones that went there in sunken ships. ;-) Pat |
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"Neil Gerace" wrote in message
... It won't console anyone, but fewer people have been to the bottom of the ocean than have been into space. Define "bottom of the ocean". I mean LEO is the equivalent of walking out to the sandbar that is hidden at high tide. The Moon is perhaps the continental shelf. But ultimately both are vast, unexplored volumes. -- Greg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html |
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"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
m... Define "bottom of the ocean". I mean LEO is the equivalent of walking out to the sandbar that is hidden at high tide. The Moon is perhaps the continental shelf. The continental shelf defines the limit of seas (for instance, off Queensland, there is the Coral Sea, then it's the Pacific Ocean, which begins at the edge of the continental shelf). |
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Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: Define "bottom of the ocean". I mean LEO is the equivalent of walking out to the sandbar that is hidden at high tide. The Moon is perhaps the continental shelf. But ultimately both are vast, unexplored volumes. But you can see a lot better through space than the ocean. And the chances of being attacked by a Great White in space are considerably less. Of course other dangers lurk the http://www.chrismasto.com/delicious/images/324 Pat |
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"Alan Erskine" wrote:
"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message om... Define "bottom of the ocean". I mean LEO is the equivalent of walking out to the sandbar that is hidden at high tide. The Moon is perhaps the continental shelf. The continental shelf defines the limit of seas (for instance, off Queensland, there is the Coral Sea, then it's the Pacific Ocean, which begins at the edge of the continental shelf). OTOH, here in the Americas and in much of the rest of the world, oceans pretty much start at the tide line not at the edge of the continental shelf. D. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/ -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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On Aug 5, 7:12*pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: Define "bottom of the ocean". Challenger Deep, 11025m? I think only two people have been there. |
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Neil Gerace wrote: Define "bottom of the ocean". Challenger Deep, 11025m? I think only two people have been there. Besides Prince Namor and Attuma of course. ;-) Actually there's a deeper depth that has never been reached in a manned submersible. Trieste got down to 35,800 ft. The Soviet research ship Vityaz located a max depth of 36,201 feet in 1957: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/dive.html Pat |
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:08:56 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: Besides Prince Namor and Attuma of course. ;-) ....Or King Art Curry, Prince Garth, Mera, Tula and Aquadeadbaby. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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OM wrote: Besides Prince Namor and Attuma of course. ;-) ...Or King Art Curry, Prince Garth, Mera, Tula and Aquadeadbaby. Nemo takes the Nautilus down to the deepest point in the book "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea". In the book, the bottom is at 16,000 meters - or 52,493 feet. That was one strong sub. :-D Pat |
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:06:15 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: Nemo takes the Nautilus down to the deepest point in the book "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea". ....I assume you haven't seen the recent "reimaging" that added an extra 10K to that figure, the one from the dips who put out that "I Am Omega" drek just before "The Fresh Prince Legend" came out? OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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