Posted on 06/23/2018 10:24:40 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The 51-foot-long, yellow and grey autonomous undersea vehicle is being designed to glide just beneath the waves or along the ocean floor for months at a time with little to no contact with human operators.
Boeing has said Echo Voyager can reach a maximum depth of 11,000 feet, with a top speed of about 9 mph. The drone runs on a hybrid electric-battery/marine diesel system; its diesel generator will kick in when the battery runs low. It periodically resurfaces to snorkel depth to recharge.
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Loved the Glomar Explorer would see her in long beach all the time we would just drift by it with such curiosity and wonder
I’m kind of jealous of the bot since it has little or no contact with people for long periods.
It will end up running cocaine for Sinaloa Cartel.
Hughes remained good friends with Gene Tierney who, after his failed attempts to seduce her, was quoted as saying “I don’t think Howard could love anything that did not have a motor in it.”
Yet here you are, contacting people...
“It will end up running cocaine for Sinaloa Cartel.”
At least they are not using the lab computers to mine bitcoins, or texting plans to overthrow the newly elected president.
They are already using small submarines for that purpose Article before Christmas on one getting caught in San Diego area. Have friends who were out fishing in the Keyes when their captain did a 180 when they spotted a small sub there. He told them more than on fishing boat had been attacked
My dysfunctional life, par for the course.
Do you know anyone who has a functional life???
I sure as heck don’t!
“It periodically resurfaces to snorkel depth to recharge.”
I hereby claim all salvage rights for any flotsam I find off the California coast.
I resemble that remark.
After a screwed up day like yesterday having to put out someone else’s fires, being solo in a sub for a few weeks sounds very nice.
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