/sci/ - Science & Math

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We have come a long way since then. Learned the principles of saturation and decompression, established 70 undersea labs worldwide including the first undersea colony (Conshelf II) although today only four remain, though massive luxury colonies and resorts will soon take their place, alongside the growing numbers of undersea hotels, restaurants, spas, observatories and resorts. We are no longer infants in the sea, it is a place we not only survive but vacation and dine in, millions enjoy Scuba and submarine tours. We have come into our own as a subsea faring species with massive nuclear submarines carrying crews of over 100 at previously unthinkable speeds around the world. And now we have the battery technology, the life support, propulsion, materials, robotics, cameras and computers to return as conquerors; not merely to huddle in fear as the hull groans under stress, windows crack and a silt cloud blocks our view but to sail elegantly along the Challenger Deep illuminating everything with arc lamps, recording every detail in breathtaking 3D clarity, sampling minerals and lifeforms, descending in less than half the time and staying eighteen times as long. We're ready now.