mission aquarius
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The Extreme Difficulty Of Leaving An Underwater Base
It was just another day for the Aquanauts exploring the warm, crystal waters of Conch Reef when a storm hit. The divers registered the 10-degree temperature drop on their skin a moment after the visibility went from almost 20 metres down to around three. But everything was calm topside — this was an underwater storm.
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There Is No Such Thing As Normal When You Live At The Bottom Of The Sea
The Aquanauts had killed the power and strapped on their emergency air masks. Someone smelled burning. In a rich-oxygen environment like Aquarius, fires can spread with ferocity; any hint of combustion is taken with utter seriousness. The air wasn’t circulating as it was supposed to, and, up above, the life support buoy sounded like it…
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How You Get Dry Supplies To An Underwater Base — Without A Submarine
You think carrying your grocery and laundry up to your fifth floor apartment is a pain in the arse? Try bringing that stuff into an undersea base without it getting soaked. How do you do it? The answer is surprisingly low-tech: pressure pots.