Do you think it is possible for mankind to to live in a underwater world as the are now attemting to do in space?

How could man deal with the oxygen or lack of, food scources, and water pressure. It seems like it would be space upside down, Would the problems be easier and much safer? Asked by johnnyRaven 49 months ago Similar questions: mankind live underwater world attemting space Science.

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Possible, but costly I think in one important sense the problems would be more manageable: help would never be very far away. The problem with a space station or a colony on the moon or Mars is if something goes seriously wrong, you pretty much are going to die before help reaches you. In an underwater world we would need to create artificial human habitats I would guess, so probably dome like structures to handle the pressure.

Food and oxygen could both be obtained from the sea. The biggest challenges would probably be the pressure strain on the structure, maintaining a livable temperature - the farther down you go the colder it gets, unless you're near a volcanic vent... I remember in all the science books I had as a kid they always said by this time we'd have undersea cities. I guess it never turned out to be practical, just like flying cars and moving sidewalks... It's a shame.

I have a book titled: The Millennial Project, colonizing the galaxy in eight easy steps, by Marshall T. Savage. It details how with present technology we could do this.

Step #2 in the process is to build floating cities on the surface of the world's oceans to feed the planet and to learn the lessons of space colonization. It's a beautiful book and the ideas are workable...though it was written in 1992, so the technological concepts are a bit outdated. amazon.com/Millennial-Project-Colonizing... .

. The stayed in the deep ocean for months I think in an atmosphere of helium and oxygen. I belive they pressurized the inside of the living compartment to equally counter outside pressures.

The helium made them talk in a high pitched voice... like a "Chipmunk"... (you know... Alvin, Theodore, and Simon? ) Seemed to me that was quite wearing... listening to that all day. I think it is as dangerous as space and other than the incredible propulsion systems needed to reach the speed necessary to leave Earth atmosphere and the thermo-management problems (very how/very cold extremes in space).

I think the science involved also very complex. The underwater adventure would be safer but given a choice I would opt the same way as the school teacher Christa McAullif and go for space (she died in the Challenger disaster if you recall). Sources: My Head .

Well, there are some aspects that are easier underwater.... Oxygen can be extracted from water, the temperature differential in the water can be used to generate power, you can catch food from the waters around you, you can extract drinking water from the surrounding water, the gear required to go "outside" is not as complex, vacuum and extremes of temperature are not issues. If you are considering the really deep, deeps even the pressure can be useful for power generation. Besides, getting there requires a lot less expenditure of energy...sinking vs. lifting against gravity.

The possibility of bringing back items of value is a lot higher from underwater exploration...no need to lift against gravity twice and lots of mineral and chemical resources we know we need, are natural to the environment, and have experience in finding. So it seems to me, underwater exploration has a lot of advantages over space exploration. Sources: Personal opinion OlyPolly's Recommendations Secrets of the Deep: Mission To the Monitor Shipwreck Hunter: Deep, Dark & Deadly in the Great Lakes Amazon List Price: $24.95 Used from: $14.89 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into The Heart of the Titanic Amazon List Price: $17.50 Used from: $1.66 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 19 reviews) The New Explorers: Underwater Volcanoes Amazon List Price: $24.95 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotated Amazon List Price: $29.95 Used from: $2.49 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 9 reviews) .

Living in an underwater world would be far easier than living in the hard vacum of space. The most difficult technological obstacle restricting a the deployment of underwater communities is the tremendous amounts of energy that these installations would require. If nuclear power were an acceptable alternative then the only major obstacles left would be financial and psychological... With sufficient energy, neither water nor oxygen is a problem.

Both of these can be easily produced from sea water. Food is a might be harder to produce, but given a large enough facility and artificial sunlight. Small scale farming could be done.

The surrounding oceans could also provide food sources. Besides, the stability of foodstuffs makes in reasonable to receive regular shipments from the mainland... Money is a major issue. Who’d pay for something like this and why?

It would take years manybe even centuries to break even, if such a project could ever make money... Who’d stay in something like this. Today’s nuclear submarines are already accomplishing this on a small scale. Missions are limited to approximately 90 days, because the people involved can not function up to an acceptable standard much longer than that... The ocean in easier to inhabit than outer space; because it provides resources where outer space provides space and not much more.

The drastically reduced distances also make life under the sea a far more reachable goal.

Yes, I do! I saw a movie where a family lived under the sea. It was great to watch.

Very interesting! I suppose it is possible and probably less expensive than up in space, huh? I think getting down there would be safer than going to space!

The shuttle blowing up , etc. I think it would be a heck of alot cheaper too. They already have submarines, so the technology is there. I would love to live under the sea.

Only if I could go back up again and see my beautiful nature, trees, grass, flowers, etc. At their finest! Oh, and visit the chickens that didn't want to come with me! Sources: Just call me MERMAID!

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