1960 was the last year anybody went down to Challenger Deep, the deepest point of the Marina Trench (36,000 feet below the surface). Triton Submarines created Triton 36,000 in order to go down to Challenger Deep once again. This is one of the biggest leap for this company because of the fact that they usually create submarines that go down 3,300 feet designed especially for yacht owners and scientists.
They are using borosilicate glass which is the new kind of material they used for the glass dome on the submarine. The glass gets stronger with more compression. So the deeper this glass goes, the stronger it'll get. So far, they are going to test it out many times before they send down the crew of three to Challenger Deep.
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