Sole British 'naut Major Tim embarks on NASA deep space mission
Blighty's one and only astronaut, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, has just embarked on a bold mission into an environment where few human beings have ever ventured: that of the saturation diver, semi-permanently adapted to life under high pressure and able to survive only deep underwater or inside pressurised containers …
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Backronym
"NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) "
Someone must have really worked at getting that backronym!
One of a kind som other time
Cousteau operated a whole list of habitats like that including a whole small "underwater city" in the Red Sea 40 or so years ago. So did US Navy, germans and a few others.
This NASA habitat is a small remnant of the glorious past compared to Sealab 2-3 (in size) or Conshelf 3 (in depth - 300m). It is a pity - we still know about the deep sea less than we know about the surface of the moon and we still do so little about it.
Re: One of a kind som other time
Sorry metric-imperial mis-hap, Conshelf 3 was at 100m (300 feet) which is still impressive even by today's standards.
DONT LET THE BASTARD DRIVE
HELL WRECK THE SPACESHIP BECAUSE HELL TRY TO DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE
Re: DONT LET THE BASTARD DRIVE
CAPS and down votes are your badge of honor. I salute you
Re: DONT LET THE BASTARD DRIVE
Dear El Reg,
Could you please make it possible to "ignore" all posts from a specific commentard so I don't have to see them.
Thanks.
Re: DONT LET THE BASTARD DRIVE
LET ME KNOW HOW THAT TURNS OUT MARTIN BURDEN I KNOW ONE TOO
Hippy song time
All together now... "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius..."
Film script: Finding NEEMO.
<Opening Credits>
"It's straight down, you can't miss it."
<The End>
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