SeaOrbiter - space science ship for the ocean + video

Today, we know more about the Moon and Mars than we do about the oceans. He is very reluctant to let a person into his limits, preparing innumerable dangers for him - hurricanes, cold, marine predators, monstrous pressures and treacherous currents. To know the ocean is possible only with the most modern scientific and technical equipment.
French architect Jacques Rogery designed the Center for Ocean Research. SeaOrbiterIt looks more like a spaceship. It is assumed that the team of scientists of the Center will work in several main areas at once.

• Monitoring the migration of seabirds, studying the life of sea creatures and conducting long-term meteorological studies;
• Research above the sea surface with the help of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, for which the ship has a specially equipped platform, a decompression chamber, as well as energy sources - solar panels and wind turbines;
• The water segment is designed to study the life of the inhabitants of the depths. It is equipped with special tanks for research and transportation of living organisms.
• The underwater part of the Center includes an underwater hangar for two people and two autonomous underwater vehicles capable of diving to a depth of 6000 meters. They will be used to search for various forms of life, including bacteria and viruses that can be used in medicine.
• On board the scientific vessel there is a communication center "Nemo", where all information and a television broadcasting studio will be concentrated;
• In the sealed underwater zone at a depth of 100 meters will settle 6 crew members, where they will be able to conduct numerous scientific experiments.

The main drawback of SeaOrbiter is its $48 million price tag. But thanks to French crowdfunding site KissKissBank, Jacques Rogery and his team managed to raise $475,000. Therefore, they will be able to start building the center this year. Then, with the help of full-fledged investors, the company hopes to attract the full amount to the project. To complete the construction of the ship is planned by the end of 2016



Source: techcult.ru