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German man sets world record living for 120 days underwater

• tromp 2y ago
  With the previous 100-day record set in June 2023, I think the new record won't last for too many years. He even seems to be encouraging new record attempts: > "It was a great adventure and now it's over there's almost a sense of regret actually. I enjoyed my time here very much," Mr Koch told AFP after leaving the capsule 11m under the sea. > "It is beautiful when things calm down and it gets dark and the sea is glowing," he said of the view through the portholes. > "It is impossible to describe, you have to experience that yourself," he added.
• eesmith 2y ago
  "he hoped it would change the way people think about human life - and where people can settle, even permanently." As a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember watching Jacques Cousteau on TV, and has work with the Conshelf habitats. I read the Undersea Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, with undersea cities. Sea exploration and colonization was a big idea then, in no small part because of Cousteau. But decade upon decade has shown just how hard it is. I don't think this new record will have much effect.