Space is all the rage these days, but it can’t hold a monkfish glowing to the mysteries of the deep blue sea.
Just ask a group of researchers to avoid the cosmos of great kids to study the complexities of the ocean living in your flat. Swiss designer Yves Béhar It has presented plans for a new underwater research station to be located 60 feet underwater. Named Proteus to the Greek god of the ocean, the structure will span 4,000 square feet, three to four times larger than previous underwater habitats, which are usually the size of a school bus. The station will allow 12 researchers to live in the ocean full time while studying marine life.
Proteus is the brainchild of the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center, a nonprofit organization committed to educating people about and conserving our oceans. Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the famous ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he imagined Proteus as an underwater version of the International Space Station. Like its star cousin, this maritime station will house scientists and academics, who will live there and conduct research for more than a month. The high-tech center will offer all the tools you will find in an oceanographer’s laboratory, so that researchers can study the effect of climate change on the sea, extract valuable biological compounds and discover new species of marine life. It can even be used to help train astronauts for space travel.
A top-down view of Proteus.
Yves Béhar and fuse project
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It certainly looks science fiction enough. Béhar imagines the underwater station as a large and main habitat, with a series of modular capsules attached around it. They can be used as laboratories, bedrooms, bathrooms, life support systems, medical bays and more.
Proteus will also be home to the first underwater video production studio, which will provide live streaming for educational purposes. There will also be a greenhouse, another one first in the marine world, where residents can grow fresh fruits and vegetables.
Pods protruding from the main habitat are modular and have many different functions.
Yves Béhar and fuse project
“In many ways, Proteus is the moon landing of our generation,” Costeau said in a statement. “Before it came true, the moon landing was just a dream that hardly anyone thought could come true. I want to explore the oceans of Mars, but until we can go there and return safely, Earth’s oceans still hold quite a few secrets that are the keys to our future. ”
