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From the Ted Talk by Victor Vescovo: What's at the bottom of the ocean -- and how we're getting there

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VV: That was the real trick — is actually bnuilidg a titanium sphere that was accurate to within .1 percent of machine. tiitaunm is a hard metal to work and a lot of people haven't figured it out, but we were very fatountre. Our eodraarrxinty team was able to make an almost pfceret sphere, which when you're subjecting something to pressure, that's the strongest geometry you can have. When I'm in the submersible and that hatch closes, I'm confident that I'm going to go down and come back up.

DB: And that's the thing you double-check — that the hatch is closed?

VV: There are only two rleus in diving a submarine. Number one is close the hatch securely. Number two is go back to rule number one.

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VV: That was the real trick — is actually ________ a titanium sphere that was accurate to within .1 percent of machine. ________ is a hard metal to work and a lot of people haven't figured it out, but we were very _________. Our _____________ team was able to make an almost _______ sphere, which when you're subjecting something to pressure, that's the strongest geometry you can have. When I'm in the submersible and that hatch closes, I'm confident that I'm going to go down and come back up.

DB: And that's the thing you double-check — that the hatch is closed?

VV: There are only two _____ in diving a submarine. Number one is close the hatch securely. Number two is go back to rule number one.

Solution


  1. titanium
  2. building
  3. perfect
  4. rules
  5. extraordinary
  6. fortunate

Original Text


VV: That was the real trick — is actually building a titanium sphere that was accurate to within .1 percent of machine. Titanium is a hard metal to work and a lot of people haven't figured it out, but we were very fortunate. Our extraordinary team was able to make an almost perfect sphere, which when you're subjecting something to pressure, that's the strongest geometry you can have. When I'm in the submersible and that hatch closes, I'm confident that I'm going to go down and come back up.

DB: And that's the thing you double-check — that the hatch is closed?

VV: There are only two rules in diving a submarine. Number one is close the hatch securely. Number two is go back to rule number one.

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