> This lesson was all presented as "this is a cool heroic thing to help us understand history better" and not as something like "we are pretending to do histori

> This lesson was all presented as "this is a cool heroic thing to help us understand history better" and not as something like "we are pretending to do historical research in order to disguise secret Cold War intrigue and misdirect adversaries about weapons systems" Actually, it was both. His research vessel was designed for the purpose of finding the Titanic (his lifelong dream); the nuclear submarine search was quid-pro-quo in order to get the funding. Which makes it even cooler IMO.