Graham Hawkes

The Deep Flight Challenger technology is a game-changer for ocean exploration. ”

Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty. It's a sterile vacuum, filled mostly with the junk we put up there. ”

The bulk of life on Earth lives in a peaceful place where the temperature is stable. There's hunting going on, but it's very civilized, like a slow ballet. ”

The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn't down there, I don't know. ”

Earth' is a silly name for this planet. ”

One time on a dive, I wound up drifting up in darkness surrounded by billions of photoluminescent creatures. It was a religious experience, one only a poet could do justice to. ”

If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore? ”

Everyone loves to fly, and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you. ”

With the super-wealthy, I think what a lot of them want isn't things, it's experiences. Preferably ones that few people can have. ”

Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone. ”