Victor Vescovo
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I don't know. It's just not really my thing. However, not only did Victor descend to these previously unknown depths, but he also helped fund, design, test, and construct the vehicle that actually did it I was not aware that we know more about the surface of Mars than about the deepest parts of the ocean here on Earth. I really had no clue about any of that. This story is really something else.
I don't know. It's just not really my thing. However, not only did Victor descend to these previously unknown depths, but he also helped fund, design, test, and construct the vehicle that actually did it I was not aware that we know more about the surface of Mars than about the deepest parts of the ocean here on Earth. I really had no clue about any of that. This story is really something else.
I don't know. It's just not really my thing. However, not only did Victor descend to these previously unknown depths, but he also helped fund, design, test, and construct the vehicle that actually did it I was not aware that we know more about the surface of Mars than about the deepest parts of the ocean here on Earth. I really had no clue about any of that. This story is really something else.
Victor's kind of like a Tony Stark meets Jacques Cousteau kind of guy. He's also a really good storyteller and an amazing person all around. I am very glad that we got to do this one. So if you're interested in science, the oceans, sea life, climate, technology, this is a great episode for you. All right, here we go with Victor Vescovo.
Victor's kind of like a Tony Stark meets Jacques Cousteau kind of guy. He's also a really good storyteller and an amazing person all around. I am very glad that we got to do this one. So if you're interested in science, the oceans, sea life, climate, technology, this is a great episode for you. All right, here we go with Victor Vescovo.
Victor's kind of like a Tony Stark meets Jacques Cousteau kind of guy. He's also a really good storyteller and an amazing person all around. I am very glad that we got to do this one. So if you're interested in science, the oceans, sea life, climate, technology, this is a great episode for you. All right, here we go with Victor Vescovo.
I'd love to hear a little bit about your background because that's what really kind of got me. Susan Casey, who introduced us, was like, oh, he was in the military and then he did this thing and then he started a hedge fund and then he started this other thing and they went to all the mountains, they went to the bottom of the ocean.
I'd love to hear a little bit about your background because that's what really kind of got me. Susan Casey, who introduced us, was like, oh, he was in the military and then he did this thing and then he started a hedge fund and then he started this other thing and they went to all the mountains, they went to the bottom of the ocean.
I'd love to hear a little bit about your background because that's what really kind of got me. Susan Casey, who introduced us, was like, oh, he was in the military and then he did this thing and then he started a hedge fund and then he started this other thing and they went to all the mountains, they went to the bottom of the ocean.
I was like, is this one person or did I, I had to rewind the book.
I was like, is this one person or did I, I had to rewind the book.
I was like, is this one person or did I, I had to rewind the book.
It sounds like that was, man, walking up these mountains is really tiring. What's more expensive but involves less walking? Ah, the ocean.
It sounds like that was, man, walking up these mountains is really tiring. What's more expensive but involves less walking? Ah, the ocean.
It sounds like that was, man, walking up these mountains is really tiring. What's more expensive but involves less walking? Ah, the ocean.
I would imagine it's terrifying. I have friends who go, don't worry about me. I'm going to Kilimanjaro. It's really easy. It's mostly walking. And then one of my friends passed away because a rock probably kicked off by a mountain goat just hit him in the head. And that was it.
I would imagine it's terrifying. I have friends who go, don't worry about me. I'm going to Kilimanjaro. It's really easy. It's mostly walking. And then one of my friends passed away because a rock probably kicked off by a mountain goat just hit him in the head. And that was it.
I would imagine it's terrifying. I have friends who go, don't worry about me. I'm going to Kilimanjaro. It's really easy. It's mostly walking. And then one of my friends passed away because a rock probably kicked off by a mountain goat just hit him in the head. And that was it.
And he was like hiking. I mean, this is not he was not scaling.
And he was like hiking. I mean, this is not he was not scaling.