/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3569868

We're not talking about a civilization here. We're talking about adaptations to permit mining of hydrothermal vents using human beings rather than robots. The reason you might want to do this is because robots are clumsy and messy; They use bucketwheel excavators which create massive sediment plumes that impact the wildlife for miles around. If you could put humans down there with tools, you could excavate precisely, the way it's done in terrestrial mines. They would work faster, cleaner, and cheaper than machines.

This was actually done with jacques Cousteau's Conshelf 3; At 384 feet, men lived for several weeks and performed a series of tasks on a simulated subsea oil rig to prove to the french oil industry that human beings could do the job. It was a resounding success, thwarted by Cousteau's sudden change of heart. By the next year he was touting environmental conservation instead of conquest and colonization. I consider that a major betrayal considering that you can easily do both, and his abandonment of the Conshelf program set subsea development back by several decades.

>>3569868

We're not talking about a civilization here. We're talking about adaptations to permit mining of hydrothermal vents using human beings rather than robots. The reason you might want to do this is because robots are clumsy and messy; They use bucketwheel excavators which create use sediment plumes which impacts the nearby wildlife. If you could put humans down there with tools, you could excavate precisely, the way it's done in terrestrial mines. They would work faster, cleaner, and cheaper than machines.

This was actually done with jacques Cousteau's Conshelf 3; At 384 feet, men lived for several weeks and performed a series of tasks on a simulated subsea oil rig to prove to the french oil industry that human beings could do the job. It was a resounding success, thwarted by Cousteau's sudden change of heart. By the next year he was touting environmental conservation instead of conquest and colonization. I consider that a major betrayal considering that you can easily do both, and his abandonment of the Conshelf program set subsea development back by several decades.

>>2356901

About 40 feet deep. A little less than twice as deep as I'll be living at during the 2012 mission.

By comparison, Aquarius undersea lab is 60 feet deep. The deepest manned outpost ever built was Sealab III, which was stationed at 600 feet, but abandoned due to technical problems and a death thought to have resulted from sabotage.

The deepest successful habitat was Cousteau's Conshelf 3, which was in 328 feet of water.

>>Hey Mad, why don't you just go ask for a tour? Or perhaps a job?

Not a bad idea. Concerned about legal complications though, as I'll be taking part in a competing project fairly soon.

>>2356901

About 40 feet deep. A little less than twice as deep as I'll be living at during the 2011 mission.

By comparison, Aquarius undersea lab is 60 feet deep. The deepest manned outpost ever built was Sealab III, which was stationed at 600 feet, but abandoned due to technical problems and a death thought to have resulted from sabotage.

The deepest successful habitat was Cousteau's Conshelf 3, which was in 328 feet of water.