After dabbling with space ships, Richard Branson has turned to the deep oceans.   The Virgin Oceanic team will be diving to the deepest ocean depths in a one man submarine designed by Graham Hawkes.  The submarine has an operating depth of 37,000ft (7 miles) and is capable of operating for 24hrs unaided. Its top speed is around 3 knots.

The Life Aquatic with Richard Branson

Virgin Oceanic Sub Trailer

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Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing the article along.