/sci/ - Science & Math

>>1958076

I'm here to provoke a fascination with the deep. Perhaps you're now motivated to begin binging on available data? :3

Unlike space, the sea is open to the individual. It's difficult, but within one man's means to build a very capable minisub. Many have done so, there are even annual races. They have assisted in exploring sunk wrecks and likely foreshadow the sorts of vehicles which will carry workers and scientists between colonies someday soon.

This isn't something only governments and corporations can do. The sea is a frontier open to the individual, and all the information we have about it is already at your fingertips.

>>1948397

>>Why ARE minisubs so expensive? Not enough demand/production?

Yeah, nowhere to go underwater just yet. That seems to be changing though.

There's really not much to making a minisub. Plenty of individual tinkerers have done so and posted them on youtube. There's even an annual homemade minisub race. Pic related.

The push for electric cars will actually greatly help to reduce minisub costs, as the bulk of the price is the batteries.