Crew: 18 Total height: 59m Cost: €35M /$52.7M Delivery: October 2014 Life expectancy: 15 years Architect: Jacques Rougerie Below sea level height: 31m Above sea level height: 28m Construction to start: April 2013 First scientific voyage: June 2015 Construction site: Cherbourg (hull) /Saint-Nazaire (equipment)
The SeaOrbiter, also known as Sea Orbiter (two words), is an ocean going research vessel set for launch in 2013. Similar to a space ship, the SeaOrbiter is planned to allow scientists and others to live on a residential & yet mobile research station positioned under the oceans' surface. The station will have laboratories, workshops, living quarters and a pressurized deck to support divers and submarines.
SeaOrbiter is a project of the "Floating oceanographic laboratory" organisation. It is headed by French architect Jacques Rougerie, oceanographer Jacques Piccard and astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien. The construction of the Oceanographic Laboratory started in 2011. The cost is expected to be around €35 million ($52.7 million.)
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