Chinese Submersible Planning For Record Dive

An anonymous reader writes "You may have heard that China sent a manned research sub down to the ocean deep this summer, marking a personal depth record of 5,000 meters (next year it will aim for a world record of 7,000 meters). Here's a story about the sub based on an interview with its designer in Wuxi, China. It's got some interesting new details: the designer had never actually seen a submersible before he set out to build the deepest diving research sub in the world; all the stuff he's built before has ended up in warehouses because the Chinese government only funded technological development, not use."

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A little late ...

[BitZtream]

he set out to build the deepest diving research sub in the world;

Someone should point out that he's a few years late to the race, Trieste did it in the 60s. The record is almost 11k meters in my world, not sure what they are talking about at 7k

I guess perhaps we have completely different definition of 'research' or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathyscaphe_Trieste