Charles Charles went to the bottom of the ocean and set a new world record for deepest dive. He says he did it by himself because there were too many constraints on submersibles at the time. The shape of the vessel had to be an elegant sphere, which resists pressure in water. Every 32 feet that you go down in the ocean, your brain wouldn't be there right? "You'd just be crushed like a pile of goo"
Investigate the convergence of exploration, innovation, and imagination with Neil deGrasse Tyson and filmmaker and explorer James Cameron. Featuring comic co-host Chuck Nice and astrophysicist and StarTalk All-Stars host Charles Liu.
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