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Costs about $250k per person - https://oceangateexpeditions.com/tour/titanic-expedition/ https://oceangateexpeditions.com/tour/titanic-expedition/ (Site looks t

Costs about $250k per person - https://oceangateexpeditions.com/tour/titanic-expedition/ https://oceangateexpeditions.com/tour/titanic-expedition/ (Site looks to be down at the moment, probably overloaded due to people searching after this news). I don't think it's particularly crowded, but certainly could become one day in theory. Cached Link: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bwPF964o1GkJ:https://oceangateexpeditions.com/tour/titanic-expedition/&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bwPF96...

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
The article mentions $250k/person
- _trampeltier 3y ago
  Two way ticket ..
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    Is there the option of a one way ticket? Do they drop you off in the wreck of the Titanic and leave you there?
    - dTal 3y ago
      Maybe it's for if you want rescuing from the wreck.
      - dylan604 3y ago
        which wreck. for that kind of money, i hope it's specified.
      - GolfPopper 3y ago
        "Goliath Awaits is a 1981 American made-for-television action adventure science fiction thriller... about an ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 whose wreck is discovered in 1981, with over 300 survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble inside the ship."[1] Watched it as a kid, and it definitely stuck in my head. Quite impressive cast. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Awaits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Awaits
        jedberg 3y ago
        And the movie is in the public domain, so you can stream it on the the internet archive! https://archive.org/details/goliathawaits1981 https://archive.org/details/goliathawaits1981
        1317 3y ago
        is it really? the wikipedia article says it was first broadcast in 1981
        jedberg 3y ago
        It was donated to the public domain by the creators. If you follow the link to IA it's explained there.
        1317 3y ago
        I don't see it I'm afraid. Yes, it says it's CC0, but that doesn't mean it's actually true...
        jedberg 3y ago
        I mean you have to trust that the IA did their due diligence. I trust them.
    - chihuahua 3y ago
      It seems that they just did that. We'd have to look at the details of the contract to see if half of the ticket price is refunded in the event that they bring you to the Titanic but don't bring you back to the surface.
    - carabiner 3y ago
      I would prefer to be left there.
- driscoll42 3y ago
  You're right, Google showed $125k from other articles and some looking at this earlier (a year or so ago) and $125k sounded right. I guess they doubled it!
francisofascii 3y ago
So roughly the cost of a first class ticket. (In today's dollars.)
- dtagames 3y ago
  With identical results.
  - TechBro8615 3y ago
    I think I'd prefer drowning to whatever horrors happen when your submersible runs out of life support at the bottom of the ocean.
    - HKH2 3y ago
      Surely if they slowly run out of air they won't be fully conscious when there is none.
      - TechBro8615 3y ago
        Yeah I suppose that would be the ideal outcome. I was thinking of some kind of depressurization scenarios where they get crushed by 300 atmospheres worth of pressure.
        HKH2 3y ago
        Wouldn't that be much faster than drowning though?
1024core 3y ago
> Costs about $250k per person Actually, the trip down is free. The $250K is to bring you back... ;-)
- TechBro8615 3y ago
  I think it was George Carlin who asked why people say "have a safe flight" instead of "have a safe landing."

ChuckNorris89 3y ago

The article mentions $250k/person

_trampeltier 3y ago
Two way ticket ..
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  Is there the option of a one way ticket? Do they drop you off in the wreck of the Titanic and leave you there?
  - dTal 3y ago
    Maybe it's for if you want rescuing from the wreck.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      which wreck. for that kind of money, i hope it's specified.
    - GolfPopper 3y ago
      "Goliath Awaits is a 1981 American made-for-television action adventure science fiction thriller... about an ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 whose wreck is discovered in 1981, with over 300 survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble inside the ship."[1] Watched it as a kid, and it definitely stuck in my head. Quite impressive cast. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Awaits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Awaits
      - jedberg 3y ago
        And the movie is in the public domain, so you can stream it on the the internet archive! https://archive.org/details/goliathawaits1981 https://archive.org/details/goliathawaits1981
        1317 3y ago
        is it really? the wikipedia article says it was first broadcast in 1981
        jedberg 3y ago
        It was donated to the public domain by the creators. If you follow the link to IA it's explained there.
        1317 3y ago
        I don't see it I'm afraid. Yes, it says it's CC0, but that doesn't mean it's actually true...
        jedberg 3y ago
        I mean you have to trust that the IA did their due diligence. I trust them.
  - chihuahua 3y ago
    It seems that they just did that. We'd have to look at the details of the contract to see if half of the ticket price is refunded in the event that they bring you to the Titanic but don't bring you back to the surface.
  - carabiner 3y ago
    I would prefer to be left there.
driscoll42 3y ago
You're right, Google showed $125k from other articles and some looking at this earlier (a year or so ago) and $125k sounded right. I guess they doubled it!

francisofascii 3y ago

So roughly the cost of a first class ticket. (In today's dollars.)

dtagames 3y ago
With identical results.
- TechBro8615 3y ago
  I think I'd prefer drowning to whatever horrors happen when your submersible runs out of life support at the bottom of the ocean.
  - HKH2 3y ago
    Surely if they slowly run out of air they won't be fully conscious when there is none.
    - TechBro8615 3y ago
      Yeah I suppose that would be the ideal outcome. I was thinking of some kind of depressurization scenarios where they get crushed by 300 atmospheres worth of pressure.
      - HKH2 3y ago
        Wouldn't that be much faster than drowning though?

1024core 3y ago

> Costs about $250k per person Actually, the trip down is free. The $250K is to bring you back... ;-)

TechBro8615 3y ago
I think it was George Carlin who asked why people say "have a safe flight" instead of "have a safe landing."