Nereus can switch between free-swimming and tethered configurations
The sub sampled sediment from the Marianas Trench
Nereus aims to give researchers access to 100% of the seafloor
1 posted on
06/17/2009 9:01:51 AM PDT by
neverdem
To: neverdem
2000 more meters down than Everest is high.
Amazing.
2 posted on
06/17/2009 9:05:05 AM PDT by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: neverdem
So it ought to be looking for the black boxes from the Air FRance flight.
3 posted on
06/17/2009 9:05:36 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: neverdem
It could be used to recover FLT 447’s black box, couldn’t it?
4 posted on
06/17/2009 9:10:30 AM PDT by
null and void
(We are now in day 149 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: neverdem
Just last night there was a program on TV about a group of researchers that sent a manned sub to the bottom of the trench back in the 60s. Very interesting.
To: neverdem
Weight on land: 2,800kg Payload capacity: 25kg Maximum speed: 3 knots Batteries: rechargeable lithium ionGreat. All the Tweakers will try to steal it to cook Meth.
13 posted on
06/17/2009 9:26:31 AM PDT by
CholeraJoe
(USAF Air Rescue - It really helps if you're already crazy.)
To: neverdem
Did they find Hoffa’s body.
14 posted on
06/17/2009 9:27:40 AM PDT by
bikerman
(Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.)
To: neverdem
Paging Admiral Nelson, paging Admiral Harriman Nelson...
20 posted on
06/17/2009 9:42:31 AM PDT by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: neverdem
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