A US Underwater Human Habitat Is Now Operational. Take a Look Inside
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A US Underwater Human Habitat Is Now Operational. Take a Look Inside
Do you really, really, really like the ocean? Do you like it so much that you would spend multiple days living on the seafloor in a structure that is part laboratory, part dormitory, and part diving vessel? Soon, a crew of 'aquanauts' will do exactly that, inhabiting the first iteration of Vanguard, a short-term stay subsea habitat designed by ocean engineering company DEEP.
New subsea habitat deployed off the Florida Keys embarks on several missions
Deep’s Vanguard is now installed on the seafloor at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, becoming the first open-ocean subsea human habitat built, tested and deployed in the United States in 40 years. Vanguard’s deployment involved setting an ocean floor foundation in place, fixing the habitat onto the foundation and securely tethering […]
While the idea of "living on the ocean floor" might sound like a fun attraction, living in an environment with water pressure far exceeding atmospheric pressure requires overcoming numerous challenges. Recently, Vanguard, an underwater habitat built by the American development company DEEP, became operational, and a four-person test crew began their stay. ScienceAlert, a science media outlet, has published an article detailing Vanguard's mechani…
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