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Interesting article on deep sea mining

Posted: Nov 14th, 2019, 3:10 am
by Oldsirhippy
This article is particularly interesting for those interested in exploring our oceans.

However pressures of >7000psi at 3 miles depths make ROVs such as those we describe on Homebuiltrovs.com rather expensive!
cf: http://www.calctool.org/CALC/other/games/depth_press

Here is the article:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/id ... sea_mining

Re: Interesting article on deep sea mining

Posted: Nov 14th, 2019, 5:06 am
by Bennachie
You should see what happens to a polystyrene cup when you take it down to those depths :lol:

Re: Interesting article on deep sea mining

Posted: Nov 15th, 2019, 10:25 am
by salona
Bennachie wrote:You should see what happens to a polystyrene cup when you take it down to those depths :lol:
Here's some I did earlier...

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