💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌊🚀 Before #Apollo, #aquanauts lived in seafloor labs as #underwater hotels and transit seemed imminent.
Edwin Link, Jacques Cousteau, and the U.S. #Navy proved the #ocean could be inhabited through projects like #Sealab and #Conshelf. But #NASA funding ultimately swallowed the dream, and the seabed remains sparsely explored today.
👉 popsci.com/science/underwater-…
#ocean #exploration #history #underwater #science #submarine #astronaut #engineering #climate #oceanography #education #habitats
Before the moon race, explorers wanted to conquer the ocean
From Jules Verne-inspired submarines to NASA-backed underwater habitats, the dream of an undersea civilization came closer than most people realize.Bill Gourgey (Popular Science)