A tiny Florida submarine company is racing “Avatar” director James Cameron and British billionaire Richard Branson to the bottom of the ocean — but it needs $15 million to build a sub capable of completing the underwater journey.
Triton Submarines in Vero Beach, Fla., Cameron and Branson are all attempting to re-create the successful 1960 descent of a manned, U.S. Navy-built submersible into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. The trench reaches 36,000 feet below the surface — making….
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