This great explorer sought to transport humans to live underwater, and to this end, when he was forty years old, he carried out a preliminary experiment in 1962, where he and his team built special iron houses underwater, and their design was closer to shelters than to homes.
The first underwater house was installed in the port of Marseille in the fall of 1962 at a depth of 10 metres, and this project was called “Continental Shelf-1”.
The dimensions of this underwater house were not large. It was a metal structure resembling a barrel, five meters long and two and a half meters in diameter. This house was nicknamed “Diogenes”, and two of Jacques Cousteau’s closest associates stayed in it for one week.
The following year, 1963, Cousteau launched a new project, larger than the first, which could be called “the first underwater house.”
The “Continental Shelf-2” project was like a small village in the depths of the sea. There lived 6 people, including Jacques Cousteau and a parrot for a long time. Members of Cousteau’s team came to visit there.
The parrot that lived underwater in that complex was not just for decoration or entertainment. It was relied upon for a sensitive task for everyone. The parrot was able to sense the increase in carbon dioxide concentration, and express this with clear signs of discomfort. The experiment went well and everything went well.
Conditions were as comfortable as in a normal house. More than usual, fish, jellyfish, and divers swam outside the windows.
This private underwater residential complex was built in the Red Sea at a depth of 30 meters near the coast of Sudan. This project did not consist of a single metal structure, but rather an integrated complex of four structures. Surprisingly, these steel houses did not require much money or effort to be installed in the depths. Only two ships were used in the operation, and 20 sailors and 5 divers participated.
The unique underwater metal housing complex off the coast of Sudan contained bedrooms, a laboratory, a warehouse and a photography studio. A team led by Jacques Cousteau lived in the complex for three months.
The team went on underwater trips to explore the depths, and in the evenings they returned to their water house and sat watching TV. The team members also entertained themselves by playing chess, in addition to recording their scientific observations.
The project was halted at that time due to a lack of funding. However, the idea of colonizing the seas and oceans is still interesting to many, including Cousteau’s grandson, who seeks to build a scientific station on the ocean floor.
Source: RT
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2024-09-04 21:30:08
