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Aiming For a Commercially Available Submersible
Zothecula writes "In three years, if you happen to be 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) beneath the surface of the ocean, keep an eye out for the Cyclops. No, not the hairy giant, but the 5-passenger submersible. Once it's commercially available in 2016, it should be 'the only privately owned deep-water manned submersible available for contracts.' 'That 7-inch-thick hull will be made of carbon fiber, in which individual strips of pre-impregnated fiber are individually placed within the carbon fiber matrix. Developed by Boeing, this technique is said to offer finer production control than the more traditional filament winding process, and should allow the Cyclops to withstand the 4,300 psi (300 bar) of water pressure it will encounter at its maximum diving depth – the earlier-mentioned 3,000 meters.' As for why it's called the Cyclops, just check out its one-big-eye-like 180-degree borosilicate glass observation dome."
How many kilos of high-value cargo would that be?
Will buying one of these put you on a watch list in one of the Wars on <noun>?
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
As long as we are showing off design concepts, howabout more luxury:
http://mashable.com/2013/06/06/migaloo-submarine/
AFAIK you can buy this one...
How much is that in Rosanne Barr?
Sig Follows: "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain
When I think of Cyclops, the first adjective that comes to mind is 'hairy'.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
Every 10 metres from the surface, divide by ten and add 1. i.e. at 60 metres depth, that will be 7 bar (105 psi), at 300 metres that will be 31 bar (465 psi).
thanks anyway, I can't make it to 3000 meters deep that year. unless I make enemies in Joisey...
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
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if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Some people have too much money.
I don't see a price anywhere. What is the estimated cost of this thing?
I heartily endorse drowning rich fools.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
If well space is the final one, the colonization of the sea could be the next wave, plenty of space, food, resources, and even energy that can be obtained there, at a fraction of the cost of going to orbit or other planets. It have more sense to do an ocean race instead of a space one, and anything that help in that direction could get a big market in a middle term future.
...something I saw in a cartoon once. A kids cartoon.
http://www.stanleysubmarines.com/
Though he doesn't go as deep.
Well done, you sure put that imaginary strawman in his place. But you'll still always lose every argument you'll ever have against a real person.
This will be a very useful vehicle once I detonate my Star Trigger and finish melting the polar ice caps.
I just hope my stash of verified Kopi Luwakh holds out.
US Subs does this - from smaller ones (for one or two people) to yacht style 200' long ones that you can park a Smart Car in.
StarTrekPhase2 - The Five Year Mission Continues!
Triton Submarines makes 2-man and 3-man subs designed for 1000 or 3300 foot depths. "The 3300/3 played a major role in the expedition to capture the first ever footage of the Giant Squid" which a few of you probably saw on the Discovery Channel. They are one of a handful of companies designing models capable of visiting the Challenger Deep (repeating the feats of the Trieste in 1960 and James Cameron in 2012).
> All software is broken.
I mean whats a super villain without a submersible?
How does one even enter their volcano lair without one?
What definition of 'privately owned' are the using to try to claim to be the only one available for contracts? There are all sorts of companies out there that rent or lease out vehicles for things like research, filming, and salvage.
Mir. The interesting thing is that the CIA killed this project, leaving only the two pieces already produced. They feared that the technology was too advanced to be sold to the Soviet Union. They promised the manufacturer compensating orders from the West, but you should never trust the U.S. government - this was of course a lie.
And this is different from alcohol being yeast piss?