Space/Science

Remote submersible makes it to Challenger Deep

TB — 6/22/2009 10:40:20 PM (archived)

Article here.

Playing in the mud seven miles down:

In somewhat related news, the deep submersible "Alvin" is getting a major upgrade.

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• Remote submersible makes it to Challenger Deep - TB - 6/22/2009 10:40:20 PM
  • If Europa's global liquid water ocean is 60 miles deep... - Socrates II - 6/23/2009 2:20:42 AM
    • re: If Europa's global liquid water ocean is 60 miles deep... - TB - 6/23/2009 4:59:10 AM
      • Check out Richard Greenberg's book Unmasking Europa - Socrates II - 6/23/2009 1:58:00 PM
        • It's not worth it for the weekend. - ER - 6/23/2009 7:51:26 PM
        • Any geologically-active place with thick ice will also have thin ice. - TB - 6/23/2009 2:42:32 PM
          • I don't think Europa has active geysers, but... - Socrates II - 6/23/2009 2:54:15 PM
            • re: I don't think Europa has active geysers, but... - TB - 6/23/2009 4:58:52 PM
        • Shocked - phil - 6/23/2009 2:10:32 PM
          • oh... sarcasm... - Adam - 6/24/2009 9:31:24 AM
          • typical reaction - pwokenyaw - 6/23/2009 5:53:10 PM
            • re: typical reaction - ER - 6/23/2009 7:16:13 PM
            • Just because it is human nature to have the big dogs run the playground... - Socrates II - 6/23/2009 7:10:45 PM
          • Reasoning paradigms - Bowser - 6/23/2009 5:21:06 PM
            • re: Reasoning paradigms - ER - 6/23/2009 7:13:21 PM
              • predictive hypotheses and betting - pwokenyaw - 6/25/2009 12:23:39 AM
              • Some very relevant quotes by Richard P. Feynman - Socrates II - 6/23/2009 8:21:03 PM
          • Shocked - ER - 6/23/2009 5:00:54 PM
            • "thin ice" - TB - 6/23/2009 6:11:17 PM
              • If the testimony is contradictory, and the evidence incomplete - ER - 6/23/2009 7:27:13 PM
                • re: If the testimony is contradictory, and the evidence incomplete - TB - 6/24/2009 2:33:40 AM
                  • Samurai, politicians, lawyers, bureaucrats and businessmen. - ER - 6/24/2009 1:12:25 PM
                    • re: Samurai, politicians, lawyers, bureaucrats and businessmen. - TB - 6/24/2009 3:31:10 PM
                      • Mostly businessmen - ER - 6/24/2009 4:14:01 PM
                        • re: Mostly businessmen - TB - 6/24/2009 10:10:59 PM
                          • Mostly businessmen - ER - 6/25/2009 12:29:12 AM
                          • re: Mostly businessmen - gbaikie - 6/24/2009 11:10:53 PM
                            • Using a manned Europan submersile as an astronaut test - Socrates II - 6/25/2009 7:13:07 PM