So why don’t we build a waterworld?
The project’s name “Conshelf”, was a series of undersea living and research stations undertaken by Jacques Cousteau’s team in the 1960s. The original design was for five of these stations to be submerged to a maximum depth of 300 metres (1,000 ft) over the decade; in reality, only three were completed with a maximum depth of 100 metres (330 ft).
Much of the work was funded in part by the French Petrochemical industry, who, along with Cousteau, hoped that such manned colonies could serve as base stations for the future exploitation of the sea.
Why has no continuation of this kind of buildings continue with new technology, while nowadays people only talk about colonizing the moon. Space for housing on solid land is becoming less and less available.
Some scientists, concedes that living deep underwater for long periods may prove psychologically challenging. “There’s the issue of isolation,” he says. “For mental health, you need sunlight and vitamin D. You can replicate daylight with LED lights but this is another reason to build close to the surface – so people don’t feel so cut off from the world.”
Other scientists say, so many interested parties: governments, mining and cabling companies, the military, the oil industry. “There’s a lot going on down there, and they don’t want anyone monitoring them!” Or maybe they really have found Atlantis!?
Finally, it appears to be a political decision.
It is easier to keep secrets in settlements on the moon or Mars!
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