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Makes good cover for naval intelligence activities though. Just don't assume because you see a ship "mining manganese nodules" from the seabed that you should b
by adhesive_wombat 3y ago
Makes good cover for naval intelligence activities though. Just don't assume because you see a ship "mining manganese nodules" from the seabed that you should build your own ship with your own money.
- jvanderbot 3y agoOh a deep water robot that can manipulate rock sized objects on the seafloor, map environment, and return heavy things to the surface? I, government agent, would like to buy 100.
- deadly-penguin 3y agoThose sorts of things are currently available and aren't much like a mining rig. Deep sea mining rigs don't really manipulate the nodules so much as hoover them up - there wouldn't be as much backlash if it was just picking nodules up. There's a picture of an early rig here: https://blogs.noc.ac.uk/jc241-smartex/prologue-smartex https://blogs.noc.ac.uk/jc241-smartex/prologue-smartex
- jareklupinski 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Glomar_Explorer_and_the_taking_of_K-129 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Glomar_Explorer_... personally hoping to start a robotic deep sea exploration crew in my retirement years...