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I think it's a good idea and am willing to put some meager funds
behind it.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jerry Isdale wrote:<br>
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<div>While walking my dogs today I ran into a neighbor who
mentioned noticing my participation in the OpenROV project,
which recently visited Aquarius ... <a
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href="http://openrov.com/profiles/blogs/mission-aquarius-openrov">http://openrov.com/profiles/blogs/mission-aquarius-openrov</a>
Apparently he worked as a tech on Aquarius for about 4 years
circa 2002.</div>
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<div>The US NOAA folks have operated an underwater habitat
called Aquarius since about 1985. It has been in Florida
Keys since 1992. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28laboratory%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_(laboratory)</a>
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<div>Aside from facilitating long term study of reefs, it
has allowed scientists to study people working in alien
environments. Indeed all shuttle and international
space station astronauts have spent time at Aquarius
learning to work in difficult environments (simulated
space flight). Aquarius is being decommissioned -
having served a long life and now running out of
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<div>This got me to thinking about HSP supporting
underwater habitats, education and research. Perhaps it
is my location (Hawaii) that makes this seem attractive,
but perhaps there is interest from the larger
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<div>Jerry Isdale</div>
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