/sci/ - Science & Math

Website: http://underseacolony.com/core/mainhub.html

Documentary: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/motherboard/the-aquatic-life-of-dennis-chamberland

Pic related, two of Chamberland's "Leviathan class" habitats docked to each other. From the site:

"The Leviathan is an underwater dwelling that features a command and control center, a sleeping, entertainment room and kitchen as well as a shower, bathroom and wet room. The Leviathan also features a refrigerator, air conditioner, a full suite of interior and exterior lighting enhancements as well as a fully enhanced audio and visual entertainment center.

The undersea habitat is trailered and launched like a boat from an ordinary boat ramp. It is towed to its destination and then descends for a weekend of endless scuba diving or just the ultimate getaway hideout on the ocean floor."

Each is expected to cost $35,000. Larger units are available for families. Each owner will be responsible for towing their habitat to the site of the colony, although on-site aquanauts will help sink and then dock it.

>>2029945

>>stupid and boring idea...

I'm wishing cancer upon you as hard as I can.

>>2013165

>>We can develop the technology NOW. In this century at most, in the next couple of decades at least. This means this technology is easily within my life. I have no idea how old you are though I suspect you're youngish.

27. And not as easy to bullshit as your usual crowd by the looks of things.

>>As for your comment about fiction? They are hard-science fiction. They are based upon the principles of science. Just as "From the Earth to the Moon" by Jules Verne anticipated actual travel to the Moon, these stories anticipate real developments. Same goes for your faggy little submarines. Anticipated by Jules Verne in "20,000 leagues Under the Sea" almost verbatim to Navy standard submarines down to the physical dimensions.

Because at the time submarines existed and atomic power was being actively researched. They were both extant technologies.

>>We have cloaking devices,

We have projector cloth cloaks and digital projectors. We have nanomaterials that can render objects invisible to many wavelengths of light, but not visible light, not yet.

>>tricorders, flip-open communicators

We have cell phones, therefore transhumanist exodus into space in the next few decades?

>>tractor beams,

Capable of moving individual particles.

>>Many of these anticipated if not predicted by sci-fiction. This is why I reject fantasy as being part of the Sci-fi genre. Sci-fi and Fantasy fall under speculative fiction. The difference between the two is empirical referents vs magical thinking.

You're overstating our technological capabilities to the point that it *is* fantasy.

>>IF I had the time and resources, I would develop these technologies myself. I've got the AI part to knock out of the way first. It's literally the hardest and most complex problem to solve of the bunch.

Haha! I'll keep my eyes and ears open, maybe you'll the the next Nobel Prize winner! Hahahahaha!

>>1958622

My bad. It's almost exactly 11 kilometers deep.

Gettin' this out of the way up front: If we could discuss the topic without the thread being an endless stream of Bioshock quotes and images, that'd be neat.

Anyway an ex-NASA engineer who specialized in developing small two man habitats for use in training astronauts underwater (as it simulates zero G and working on the exterior of the habitat prepared them to work on the exterior of the space station) is now partway through the construction of the first true seafloor colony. Not a lavish undersea resort like the Poseidon Undersea Resort nor a hotel like the Jules Undersea Lodge, but genuinely open to ordinary people provided they are willing to make it their permanent residence, living, working and raising a family underwater.

The pic is the two habitats nearing completion. They will be joined once sunk, not on the surface, as practice for expanding the colony in the future. They're modular and identical so they can potentially be mass produced, arranged around a central hub (yet to be built, the Scott Carpenter Station) and serviced by three boats and a submarine (which have alread ybeen bought, and are operational).

There are lots of potential benefits to living on the sea floor but the initial investment is high. If he's the first to build a proper city underwater and monetize it, others would follow. It would mean the dawn of a new age of exploration and conquest, a whole new frontier to settle.

http://underseacolony.com/