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Esri’s Dr. Dawn Wright Selected for 2024 US Science Envoys

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Dawn Wright, among four distinguished scientists to serve as a new US Science Envoy in 2024.

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  • Dawn Wright, among four distinguished scientists to serve as a new US Science Envoy in 2024.
  • The scientists selected to participate this year make up the first all-female cohort in the history of the US Science Envoy Program.
  • Science Envoys help inform the Department of State, other US government agencies, and the scientific community about opportunities for science and technology cooperation.
  • Dawn Wright and Esri work to advance science using technology, visit esriurl.com/scicomm .

The Titan disaster could suggest deep sea diving is risky -- history shows that's far from the truth

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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But their history shows that this is far from the case.

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  • But their history shows that this is far from the case.
  • Bathyspheres were unpowered submersibles lowered into the sea on a cable and used for pioneering dives in the early 1930s.
  • Since then, submersibles have taken many more people into the deep ocean than the number of humans who have been into space.
  • Fumes from an electrical fire overcame the occupants of a Japanese tethered diving bell at around 10 metres deep in 1974.

Pushing the limits

    • The first to do so was a bathyscaphe – a submersible suspended below a float, rather than from a cable like the bathysphere.
    • It was called FNRS-3 and it set an overall depth record for the time, reaching 4,050 metres in 1954.
    • Over a 14-year period starting in 1991, the two Russian Mir submersibles visited the Titanic wreck than any other vehicle.

Today’s submersible fleet

    • But there are currently seven submersibles in service that can reach the depth of the Titanic and beyond.
    • There is one very deep-diving submersible in private ownership: the Limiting Factor was built by Triton Submarines for Texan billionaire Victor Vescovo to pilot to the deepest point in all five oceans in 2019.
    • The Aluminaut submersible of the 1960s, which was capable of diving to 4,500 metres, had an aluminium hull with a tubular shape that could carry seven people.
    • In 2013, I dived aboard Japan’s Shinkai 6500 submersible to study undersea hot springs at 5,000 metres deep on the ocean floor.

 World View to Lead Panel on Space Tourism’s Role In Purposeful Travel at SXSW 2023

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, will participate in a panel discussion at SXSW 2023 in collaboration with several authorities in exploration and space travel that explores space tourism as a medium for purposeful travel to experience our planet more fully.

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  • World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, will participate in a panel discussion at SXSW 2023 in collaboration with several authorities in exploration and space travel that explores space tourism as a medium for purposeful travel to experience our planet more fully.
  • The session, Exploring–and Experiencing–Earth via Space Tourism, will take place on Wednesday, March 15, at 4:00 p.m. CDT as part of the conference’s Travel & Leisure track.
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    World View to Lead Panel on Space Tourism’s Role In Purposeful Travel at SXSW 2023 (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Bringing together leaders at the forefront of space exploration and expedition travel, the panel invites attendees to learn about emerging capabilities in space tourism and the transformative power of the final frontier.
  • Ryan M. Hartman, President & Chief Executive Officer of World View: Ryan M. Hartman is the president and chief executive officer of World View.