Hello. And welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. The rms titanic sank to the frigid depths of the atlantic over a century ago, but americas fascination with the illfated wreck never gets old because there is always something new. Within the last 40 years, Amazing Advances In Science And Technology Have Led to brilliant new discoveries and uncovered hidden secrets. Tonight, we look into how the very latest Titanic Learning Upends our previous thinking about the ships mysteries and myths and, sadly, a recent underwater voyage to the wreck that put more human lives at risk. [dramatic music] [engine whirring] Victor Vescovo diving to titanic is, in many respects, preparing to go to space because its an incredibly hostile environment. [tense music] when we think about risk taking as it applies to exploration, for me, its the sea. The reality is that theres been fewer people that have dove to the titanic than have actually gone into space. [whistling] [creaking] [tense music
Really happened starts. Victor vescovo only a very few number of people have actually been to titanic, less than 50. [dramatic music] you had a lot of mystery about why it went down so quickly, who survived, and who didnt. Its a fascinating story, but people should not risk their lives to see this wreck at 4,000 meters. That is not a normal thing to do. [suspenseful music] it simply is adding to the intrigue of the titanic that 100 years later, its still leading people to their death. [dramatic music] hello. And welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. The rms titanic sank to the frigid depths of the atlantic over a century ago, but americas fascination with the illfated wreck never gets old because there is always something new. Within the last 40 years, Amazing Advances In Science And Technology Have Led to brilliant new discoveries and uncovered hidden secrets. Tonight, we look into how the very latest Titanic Learning Upends our previous thinking about the ships myste
Should not risk their lives to see this wreck at 4,000 meters. That is not a normal thing to do. [suspenseful music] it simply is adding to the intrigue of the titanic that 100 years later, its still leading people to their death. [dramatic music] hello. And welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. The rms titanic sank to the frigid depths of the atlantic over a century ago, but americas fascination with the illfated wreck never gets old because there is always something new. Within the last 40 years, Amazing Advances In Science And Technology Have Led to brilliant new discoveries and uncovered hidden secrets. Tonight, we look into how the very latest Titanic Learning Upends our previous thinking about the ships mysteries and myths and, sadly, a recent underwater voyage to the wreck that put more human lives at risk. [dramatic music] [engine whirring] Victor Vescovo diving to titanic is, in many respects, preparing to go to space because its an incredibly hostile environm
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The war in afghanistan may be winding down, but for u. S. Forces, it can be as dangerous as ever. An american twostar general was shot dead today when an afghan soldier opened fire on a highlevel delegation of officers visiting a secure military post outside kabul. Major general Harold Greene harold greeisthe highest rankinr killed in battle overseas in 44 years. David martin is working on the story at the pentagon. Reporter it happened at midday at the military academy where afghans are trained to become officers. A delegation of u. S. And allied officers was mowed down by a man believed to be an Afghan Army Soldier who opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a nearby building. Before troops assigned to guard the visitors could return fire, an American General had been killed and eight u. S. Soldiers wounded, four of them seriously. A german and an afghan general also were wounde
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. James cameron is here. Avatar and titanic are two of the highest grossing films of all time. He once said that my purpose in making a movie is making enough money so i can dive. The project follows his diving. The two passions are diving and making movies. Here is the trailer for the film James Camerons deep sea challenge. James cameron is on a mission to dive to the deepest point on the planet. He has made history. It is 36,000 feet down. A new record for a solo man dive. He is only the third person ever to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Untold possibilities. This is James Camerons most ambitious project yet. [cheering] ive seen some pretty astonishing things in the depths. Things that fill your soul with wonder. Cousteau said, if we knew what was there, would not have to go. The Mariana Trench is the deepest part, the last great frontier of our world. It is my dream to build a machine to take us there. We are going to