Sometime this fall, if all goes well, a revolutionary new undersea vessel will be lowered gently into the waters of Monterey Bay for its maiden voyage. Named Deep Flight I, the 14-ft.-long, 2,900-lb. vehicle is shaped like a chubby, winged torpedo but flies like an underwater bird. Compared with the hard-to-maneuver submersibles that now haul deep-sea explorers sluggishly around the oceans, Deep Flight is an aquatic F-16 fighter. It can perform barrel rolls, race a fast-moving pod of whales or leap vertically right out of the sea. With a touch on the controls, a skilled pilot--who lies prone in a body...
THE OCEAN FLOOR: THE LAST FRONTIER
LURED BY THE PROMISE OF MAJOR SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS AND GREAT MINERAL WEALTH, RESEARCHERS MOUNT AN ASSAULT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
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