'Exosuit' Mission to 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Begins

livescience.com ^ | September 16, 2014 11:47am | Megan Gannon,

[BenLurkin]

Sponge divers first discovered the 2,000-year-old shipwreck off the Greek island Antikythera in 1900. They recovered fragments of bronze statues, corroded marble sculptures, gold jewelry and, most famously, the Antikythera mechanism, a clocklike astronomical calculator sometimes called the world's oldest computer. Teams led by Jacques Cousteau pulled up more artifacts and even found human remains when they visited the wreck in the 1950s and 1970s.

But none of those previous expeditions had access to the Exosuit, a one-of-a-kind diving outfit that weighs 530 lbs. (240 kilograms), and can plunge to the extraordinary depths of 1,000 feet (305 meters) and stay underwater for hours without the diver being at risk of decompression sickness. [See Photos of the Exosuit and Antikythera Shipwreck]

[Scoutmaster]

I believe in early deep sea and salvage diving what you described was known as 'the squeeze.'

[TexasRepublic]

“That looks like the suit I clean the bathroom in...”

That’s what I should have had to change diapers...

[Mr. K]

I thought there was such a suit that allowed some woman to touch the ocean floor some 25-30 years ago

[Mr. K]

I saw that one- it was one of the more amazing Mythbusters episodes!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin. GGG has gone all nautical tonight.