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That's the only time we have had human beings down at the bottom. it's more unexplored than the moon is. martha: part of our own earth and this area we know so little about. how far away are we from seeing this happen? >> there is a good chance it will happen this year. virgin oceanic hopes to get down there by the end of the year. they are racing another team. james cameron who directed movies like "avatar" and "the abyss," he's also building a one-person sub. he says he may be testing it in the mariana trench this month. martha: you have got to love these guys. it's pretty cool. thanks for t...
Leahy and i quickly descended on this undersea cliff. >> you're able to see around you, below you, beside you, behind you, you can't duplicate that looking out through a small window. >> 520 feet, support systems okay. >> this prototype is a prelude to the tritan 36,000 which a florida company plans to soon build for the world's next big adventure, to the bottom of the ocean, 7 miles deep, where no human has been for 50 years. arrived branson's virgin oceanic has the first start in taking its sub to record setting depths in five oceans. but triton is confident it will be the absolute first to ...
Will be the first to the absolute bottom and discover mysterious life forms still unknown. >> it would be difficult to guarantee it, but if i were going to guarantee anything, i would say we're going to be the only ones that make it to the bottom. i don't think the virgin project has a chance. >> reporter: virgin oceanic is partnering with the institution of oceanography as well as google earth, and the scientific community is very eager for somebody to develop a reusable submarine that can get down to the bottom depths of the ocean. only 3% of earth's sea floor has been accurately mapped, mos...