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The high-tech hidden in the top diving destination of Curasso will open your eyes!
Curaçao is located in the southern part of the Caribbean, outside the hurricane zone. It has the "healthiest marine environment in the Caribbean - Atlantic region" recognized by the famous diving magazine Scuba Diving, and is one of the largest coral reef concentration areas in the world. It has more than 70 diving spots, and is a well-deserved world-class diving destination. For this reason, Proteus Underwater Space Station, the largest and most advanced underwater research base and habitat in the world, is located in Curacao and will be put into use at a depth of 60 feet in the marine reserve near the island in the near future.
Fabien Cousteau, the founder of Proteus underwater space station, a well-known marine conservationist and documentary producer, believes that ocean exploration is 1000 times more important than space exploration for human survival and the future orbit of mankind. 71% of the earth's surface is oceans, but humans have explored only 5% of them, and mapped less than 20% of these oceans. He hopes to solve this problem through Proteus project and finally establish a worldwide underwater research habitat network.
The Proteus Underwater Space Station, based on the International Space Station (ISS), is like a safe and convenient "home" that allows divers to dive day and night without having to decompress for hours between dives. Like astronauts in space, they can stay underwater for several days or even weeks at a time. Here, global marine scientists, researchers, government agencies and private companies can conduct various scientific research cooperation regardless of national boundaries.
Proteus underwater space station can give early warning to tsunamis and hurricanes, and can also promote the development of many research fields, including marine drug discovery, sustainable food production, energy utilization, climate change, robotics, etc.
Amazing design of the "underwater version of the International Space Station"
Fabien Cousteau will raise US $135 million to work with industrial designer Yves B é har to build Proteus underwater space station in three years.
The space station is named after the Greek primitive sea god "Proteus", and its structure is inspired by the appearance of corals, which are constructed with non-cutting materials. Proteus is three times larger than other underwater laboratories, with a total area of 4000 square feet (about 372 square meters), which is the size of a villa and can accommodate 12 people. The power of the entire space station is converted from wind energy, solar energy and ocean heat energy, and connected to the water surface through an umbilical lifeline to transmit air and communication.
At present, the only underwater space station in the world is the Aquarius space station at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, which covers only 400 square feet (about 37 square meters),
But it has been gradually abandoned.
The main body is designed as a spiral double-layer circular structure, which is fixed on the seabed through several pillars and used as a public space such as work area, kitchen, restaurant, etc. There is also a large hole at the bottom for divers to drive the submersible to stop and enter and exit.
A series of pearl-shaped pods protruding outward are used as laboratories, bedrooms, medical modules, life support systems and storage areas.
The station will also be equipped with the world's first underwater greenhouse for growing food (so that underwater observers can eat fresh food), as well as a video production room (the equipment can broadcast from the ocean at 16K resolution).
Proteus underwater space station is designed in a modular way, and there are many ways to upgrade and expand it, which is definitely a huge high-tech breakthrough.
