Virgin Oceanic, Jet Seabed From Sir Richard Branson

LONDON - Anyone who knows Sir Richard Branson will not be surprised by this latest news.

Having pioneered cheap travel into space through Virgin Galactic, one of Britain's richest businessmen dream now can provide seabed jet to bring new experiences into a tough spot touched.

Branson named his new project as the Virgin Oceanic. The name was in line with the airline named Virgin Atlantic and space tourism project Virgin Galactic.

He introduced a vehicle called jet seabed that will be used Virgin Oceanic.

Virgin Oceanic has an operating system that can work at a depth of 37 thousand feet. The submarine can carry only one person. Maximum speed 3 knots and can dive to 350 feet per minute. Similarly, as reported by Pocket-Lint.

"The ship a 18-foot (5.5 meter) can dive to a depth of 11 kilometers below sea level," said Branson introduces jet seabed Virgin Oceanic developed at a news conference in Newport Beach, California.

The single-vehicle berpenumpang. Branson said Virgin Oceanic seabed jet can carry riders during the day on the deep seafloor. He estimated the cost for a single trip to the seafloor trench about 10 million U.S. dollars (about USD 86 billion).

Virgin Oceanic will undertake five dives in the next two years. The first target is approaching the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 36,000 feet, or about 11 kilometers from the sea surface.

After that, Branson is also planning to do it yourself on a second occasion to the Puerto Rico Trench in the Atlantic Ocean. Trench is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean with depths of more than 8 kilometers.

Other areas to be visited is the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean, North Pole, South Sandwich Trench, and Diamantina in the Indian Ocean.

"There is so much to be explored. Was so much to be found," said Branson. He hopes he does breakthrough could contribute useful knowledge for human life in the future

Previous Richard Branson, known as the owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways milarder also have an ambition to make corporate space as a tourist attraction. Through Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson will bring the millionaires in the world to enjoy a holiday in space via a special plane and hotel provided there.