subs
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Monster Machines: Alvin Gets Back To Work After $42 Million Retrofit
Barely a week since successfully completing sea trials after a three year hiatus, the venerable research sub Alvin is already earning back the $US42 million in hardware upgrades and engineering retrofits it’s received — showing off its spacious new three-crew cabin with a quick dive to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. But this…
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A Boat With An Underwater View
I’m not much of an ocean guy, really, but this magnificent machine—a compact mini-sub called the EGO—looks amazing enough for me to push aside my fear of fish and set out into the deep blue sea. In a sense it’s an upside-down boat: the hull floats on the surface of the water while the cockpit…