Getting the 251-foot-long ship to the bottom of the ocean was easy, unlike the effort to obtain the vessel.

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In 1993, he pulled his ship alongside a Cuban bottom trawler on the Grand Banks and attacked it with butyric acid.

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Their infighting can be compared to pirates arguing over the division of their stolen loot as their ship sinks to the bottom of the ocean.

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The technology works by reducing frictional resistance between the vessel hull and seawater using air bubbles along the bottom of the ship.

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Just after Discovery's engines fired, launch controllers noticed a small rectangular object drop from the bottom of the ship, carom off an engine bell and vanish into the exhaust flames.

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The cause of the ship's demise, however, remains at the bottom of the ocean with the rest of the wreckage.

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The same goes for companies that tell us our info is secure and then we are told of a huge data breach. they should fear for their bottom line because consumers need to start jumping ship on those companies.

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Jeffrey Skilling abandoned ship to spend more time with his family, months before Enron hit bottom.

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