The internets is consumed recently with the Obama administration’s choice to cut funding for NASA manned space exploration. Manned missions to the moon or development of the technologies needed to go mars…gone. A lot of people are quite distraught about this decision believing it a poor course for the future. ”The decision has been condemned . . . → Read More: Manned or Unmanned?
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By Dr. M, on  February 3rd, 2010  4 comments  Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment  alvin, exploration, manned, NASA, Obama, robot, ROV, Sealink, shutle, space, submersible, unmanned By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Atlantic, AUV, Rutgers, Scarlet Knight, submersible She was at sea for 221 days. She was alone, often in dangerous places, and usually out of touch. Her predecessor had disappeared on a similar trip, probably killed by a shark. Yet she was always able to do what was asked, to head in a different direction on a moment’s notice and report back . . . → Read More: First Atlantic Cross by a Submersible Robot
By Peter Etnoyer, on August 1st, 2009 2 comments Gadgets & Gear, New Research, Uncategorized Lake Baikal, submersible, Vladimir Putin From BBC News: The Russian prime minister descended 1,400m (4,600ft) in a four-and-a-half hour mission to inspect crystals containing natural gas. Mr Putin said it was a very special feeling and he had not seen anything like it before. The mission is likely to add to the 56-year-old’s carefully cultivated image as a man of . . . → Read More: Putin dives to 1400 m in Lake Baikal
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 31st, 2009 One comment Vessels and Equipment Brine Pool, Florida, gas and oil exploration, gas hydrate, Green Canyon, Gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Hydrocarbon Seep, Johnson Sea Link, Methane Seep, oil lease block, R/V Seward Johnson II, seep, submersible I’m so excited that in such a short amount of time the Save Our Subs & Ships effort have already reached their goal and are now setting their sights higher and want to get 5000 signatures. Thanks to Leroy Nunez from Florida for helping out the deep sea community by putting his voice to work. . . . → Read More: 1000 Signatures for Save Our Subs!
By Dr. M, on May 31st, 2009 Leave a comment TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Sea Link, submarine, submersible Observations from the JSL Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Observations from the JSL Broadcast . . . → Read More: Video of and from the JSL
By Dr. M, on May 31st, 2009 One comment Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Sea Link, submarine, submersible from Eclectic Echoes… The JSLs are unique vehicles for deep sea exploration with their distinctive full transparent acrylic sphere for the pilot and scientist. The sad thing is these are still highly productive vehicles (two of the youngest in the fleet) and there are no similar subs out there, in fact there are only about . . . → Read More: More On the JSL
By Dr. M, on May 31st, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Giant Isopod, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment alvin, deep sea, exploration, Giant Isopod, Harbor Branch Ocenaographic Institution, Johnson Sea Link, JSL, submarine, submersible My first submersible dive happened off Rum Cay in the Bahamas in the JSL. Despite my large size, I do not remember feeling cramped inside the soda can-sized sub. The entire time I pressed my face against a 15-centimeter porthole, my cheek against the cool glass and eyes focused on the three meters of illuminated . . . → Read More: JSL and Giant Isopods
By Peter Etnoyer, on February 12th, 2009 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Seamount, Vessels and Equipment Baja, DeepSee, fishing, Scripps, submersible DeepSee submersible, a 3 man HOV depth rated to 475 m Scripps Insitute of Oceanography (SIO) post-doc Brad Erisman and colleagues Exequiel Ezcurra and Octavio Aburto-Oropeza used the three person DeepSee submersible to explore nearshore and remote sites seamounts off the coast of Baja California. They report that life is abundant, but the impacts of . . . → Read More: Deep Impacts from Fishing off Baja California
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