Hamish Harding, shown here with a Blue Origin pin, after his flight into space. BlueOrigin
The British billionaire who was aboard the missing Titanic submersible is a well-known explorer.
Hamish Harding has already flown into space with Blue Origin and has broken several records.
The submersible that tourists used to visit the wreck of the Titanic has been missing since Sunday.
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The british billionairewho was aboard the missing submersible bound for the wreck of the Titanic, is a well-known explorer who flew into space on Blue Origin last year.
Hamish Harding is one of five passengers on the Submersible Titanwhich was en route to the wreck of the Titanic when it lost communication with its mothership on Sunday.
A search operation is currently underway to recover the lost ship, but time is running out. The The submersible’s crew could use the oxygen go out if the ship is still intact.
Harding, 58, is no stranger to the extreme tourism. He is among a select group of space tourists who have paid privately to participate in orbital missions.
Harding was involved in two record-breaking missions to the South Pole
Last year he flew on Blue Origin’s New Shepherd rocket during a 10-minute suborbital flight 107 Kilometer over the earth.
Harding also holds at least four Guinness World Records for his achievements, including the longest timewhich a human spent in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, and the fastest flight around the world, crossing both poles.
He has also been involved in two record-breaking missions to the South Pole, the first alongside astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who became the oldest person to reach the pole in 2016, and the second, in which his 12-year-old son Giles Harding became the youngest person to reach the pole, reported “Forbes„.
He is also a skydiver and trustee of the Explorers Club, reports The Guardian.
“I can’t believe it’s been so long, but I can’t wait for our next mission/journey/adventure! #OneMoreRecord,” Harding wrote in a tweet five months after his deep dive in the Mariana Trench in August 2021.
Hamish Harding, second from right, and his NS-21 crew members pose before their Blue Origin suborbital flight. BlueOrigin
Harding, an airline pilot who made his living selling airplanes, gave on Sunday on Instagram known that he is the OceanGate-Expedition will join aboard the Titan submersible as a mission specialist.
He added that due to the “worst Newfoundland winter in 40 years,” that mission will likely be the only one to Titanic in 2023.
Harding is reportedly a billionaire, despite his exact net worth ocean “Forbes” is unknown.
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Harding’s stepson, Brian Szasz, confirmed his disappearance via his Facebook- and Twitter-Content.
“Hamish, my stepfather, was lost in a submarine and I pray that the rescue operation will be successful,” Szasz wrote in his Facebook post on Monday.
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