Comment Re:Progress? (Score 1) 245
Dude, HMS Challenger was a surface vessel, i.e. a rides-on-top-of-the-water boat. The 40,000 feet you reference was really about 35,800 and was surveyed by echo sounding. But hey, thanks for trying.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. - Kahlil Gibran
