Colonize The Ocean - Shorts : What Is Happening To...Atlantica
Atlantica was designed to be the first permanent undersea human colony. This week on Colonize the Ocean, we look at where the project came from, who is behind it, and where it stands today.
In this episode:
Dennis Chamberland and his 30 years at NASA
The Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station, the two-person seafloor habitat he designed
How the Atlantica concept took shape around 2006 and the goals set for 2008 through the early 2010s
Why funding turned out harder than expected, and what's happening now
Similar designs, including DEEP's Sentinel program
Two books every underwater habitat fan…
The skinny
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