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I was kind of wondering about this myself. But, knowing the Navy, they would chalk this up as a training mission and be happy for the free positive PR. How about that kick-ass research vessel? Talk about the ultimate dive boat. I wonder how much dough that baby cost a day to run. Ballard seems to me to be kind of a weird dude, but he sure has the connections. Can you imagine how pissed he must have been when he realized that he could have picked up all that booty? Instead he took he decided to be holy and the commercial guys cleaned his clock. The Titanic stuff is on display here in Virginia Beach, Va. >Just watched the Britannic show -wished they'd shown more ship and less >talking heads on the surface, but still fun. > >Everytime I see one of these Ballard shows, I find myself wondering just >how he pulls it off. I mean, none of these ships are really of great >archeological value - Titanic has a lot of newsvalue and popular interest, >but it's not like there's great scientific value in studying it - Lusitania >and Britannic have just about none, being easily in reach of conventional >dive gear, and dove many, many times, and even by sportdivers. So visiting >them is really more in the line of fun than vital scientific research, >however entertaining. So how does Ballard get to play with expensive US gov >- first NOAA and now apparently Navy - gear to go after these things, so he >can write books and sell TV specials? Using a nuclear sub with 3000"+ >capacity to check out a 350' deep wreck is a bit overkill. >Wonder what it cost the taxpayers? > >Not to sound too suspicious or critical, just curious. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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