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"Yes, the support tender, Capricorn, has two co the water in the Titanic's hull with enough air to raise her"

"Dr Seagram?" came another disembodied voice, "I represent Science Today, and I happen to know that the water pressure where the Titanic lies is upwards of six thousand pounds per square inch I also know that the largest available air compressor can only put out four thousand pounds How do you intend to overcome this differential?"

"The main unit on board the Capricorn puh a reinforced pipe to the secondary pump, which is stationed amidships of the wreck In appearance, this secondary puine with a series of pistons spreading froreat abyssal pressures to activate the pump, which is also assisted by electricity and the air pressure coive you an in-depth description, but I aineer However, Admiral Sandecker will be available later in the day to answer your technical questions in greater detail"

"What about suction?" the voice of Science Today persisted "After sitting imbedded in the silt all these years, won't the Titanic be fairly well glued to the bottom?"

"She will indeed" Dana gestured for the lights They calare for a few uish her inquirer He was a lasses

"When it is calculated that the ship has enough air to lift her mass toward the surface, the air pipe will be disconnected from the hull and converted to inject an electrolyte chemical, processed by the Myers-Lentz Co the Titanic's keel The resulting reaction will cause the molecules in the sediment to break down and form a cushion of bubbles that will erase the static friction and allow the great hulk to wrest herself free from the suction"

Another man raised his hand

"If the operation is successful and the Titanic begins floating toward the surface, isn't there a good chance she could capsize? Two and a halfway for an unbalanced object of forty-five thousand tons to reht"

"You're right There is the possibility she h water in her lower holds to act as ballast and offset this problem"

A young,woman rose and waved her hand

"Dr Seagram! I am Connie Sanchez of Female E what defenseon a day-to-day basis in a profession doheads"

The audience of reporters greeted the question with uneasy silence God, Dana thought to herself, it had to coside the lectern and leaned on it in a negligent, almost sexy attitude

"My reply, Ms Sanchez, is strictly off the record"

"Then you're copping out," said Connie Sanchez with a superior grin

Dana ignored the jab "First, I find that a defense ues respect h to accept s to get their attention Second, I prefer standing onwith e stance when you consider the fact that out of five hundred and forty scientists on the staff of NUMA, a hundred and fourteen are woheads it's beenmy life have not been men, but rather the female of the species"