Why haven't we colonised ocean floor yet?
Why haven't we colonised ocean floor yet?
Matthew Carter
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Adrian Kelly
>Oceans rising due to global warming.
>Literally start living under the water.
Take that libs.
Aaron Foster
No way to produce food or safely dispose of waste.
Liam Cook
Pressure mainly
There have been short and long term underwater living projects in shallows but its hard to make a large structure that can withstand ocean pressures constantly and house people in a way that would be comfortable
Liam Scott
Because there's plenty of dry land.
Brody Williams
Mars is the better option
John Cook
Because its arguably harder than colonizing space. Pressure, lack of sunlight, difficulty building underwater, not to mention the wetness itself all make for a challenging environment.
Kevin Fisher
Because salt water is a bitch to build in.
Jackson Diaz
Extreme pressures require extreme engineering solutions, and transporting human beings to and from the ocean floor is dangerous and time-intensive due to the necessity of depressurizing. There are also long-term health problems from breathing the necessary gas mixtures, which are either expensive (heliox) or narcotic (trimix). All the engineering problems and human biology problems are much simpler in low pressure environments.
Ryan Harris
It's difficult and we have a shit ton of land that's easier to build on.
Jose Perez
It doesn't feel that way.
Kayden Peterson
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>pressure drop of eight atmos
>five out of six killed instantly
>including one person turned into marinara by having his body forced through the partially open door
Charles Ramirez
Because there's water at the bottom of the ocean.
From what I've read, he was already partially puree'd before going through the door
Sebastian Price
Because we're stupid.
Leo Williams
but all those apply for Mars too, more or less
Christopher Phillips
Explosive decompression isn't a joke. The company I used to work with had an explosive decompression on one of their diving bells die to shitty o rings. Luckily no one died because they were able to replenish the air in the bell faster than the leak.
As for OP, besides that the benefit/cost ratio is essentially zero, there are a multitude of reasons that make it difficult. Unmanned structures is a relatively straight forward task, because you design your structures to be compliant with the ambient pressure with compensating bladders. Unfortunately, that's not an option for humans.
You have two trade offs, design a 1 atmosphere environment, which would be very expensive and dangerous due to the huge differential pressure between the interior and ambient pressures. Or you could have your internal pressure match your external. This leads to issues because you have to adjust your air's oxygen content to reduce the nitrogen content. Depending on the depth, you may have to add in helium, because oxygen becomes toxic at certain partial pressures. It can be detrimental to your health with long term exposure and it's also a miserable experience. You lose all your taste, you sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks and you're stuck in a small pressure vessel. As someone who's worked closely with saturation divers, I can tell you, after a month in sat, they're at the brink of their sanity.
Joseph Young
>Why haven't we colonised ocean floor yet?
WAY too expensive.
Andrew Cooper
no it wouldn't.
Jackson Mitchell
>muh pressure
Build it not too deep retards like say build a colony thats only 60ft below the water.
Sebastian Butler
Because of all the fucking water, user.
Isaiah Gonzalez
same reason i ain't fucked ur mom yet
cost benefit
it's nature
Xavier Lopez
presumably due to water pressure/the bends user
Jacob Hughes
>Subsequent investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the 60 centimetres (24 in) diameter opening created by the jammed interior trunk door by escaping air and violently dismembered, including bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which further resulted in expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine, and of the thoracic spine. These were projected some distance, one section later being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.
No thanks.