/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3475240

>Why so many screws? It make it even easier to leak and you'll have to use more sealant.

It holds the acrylic panel closer to the rim. I can't count on sealant alone. Every underwater window uses lots of bolts, pic related.

>>3475247

Here's the blog. http://hampture.blogspot.com/

>>2248155

>>How's project Hampture going anyways?

See: >>2248035

The Mk. III is finishing construction, and waiting for warmer weather.

>>2248153

>>what's the point?

What's the point of living in the mountains? It's also impractical for its own reasons. What's the point of living in the desert? What's the point of living in the woods?

Some people prefer those places. And modern technology permits them to live there comfortably, so they do. The ocean is beautiful, and full of free food. What's not to like?

>>1958013

>>What jobs and classes have their focus on underwater technology?

Actually, much as I hate it, all the money right now is in ROV development. I'd rather see manned exploration and colonization, but the focus is all on undersea robots.

>>I'm very interested in this now. Underwater cities and such sound amazing and much more eventful than space-based fields at this point in time.

It's a less popular vision for the future, but it's the one that seems to be within our grasp, and close to coming true.

Mostly because there's great wealth of all kinds in the sea, and robotics has become sophisticated enough that we can harvest that wealth without the challenges associated with sustaining the lives of human laborers on the ocean floor for extended periods.

Disappointing for guys like me, but then if there's work undersea, people will move there. Perhaps in colonies like Dennis Chamberland's "Aquatica". When he sinks the first two modules in 2012 we may be watching a new chapter of history unfold.