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Hughes was also pleased-so pleased that he took the project on for very little fee profit. For the design of the entire recovery system, Hughes revived his old relationship with Lockheed Co. The firm, which has in recent years acquired expertise in deep-sea rescue vessels, developed an innovative design. The main ship-a hefty 36,000-tonner that would be 618 ft. in length and 115.5 ft. in beam-would serve as a floating, highly stable platform. Amidships would stand a high derrick that would pass piping directly through a well, or "moon pool," in the ship...
Though this scenario for the beginning of the ice age has been well documented by fossil records, scientists have long been uncertain about what caused the cooling. Now, after studying cylindrical-core samples of ocean sediment dug up by the deep-sea drilling ship Glomar Challenger, two University of Rhode Island researchers have found evidence that may help provide the answer. The telltale position of layers of volcanic ash found in the cores by Geologists James Kennett and Robert Thunell suggests that the first great ice age could have been set off by a worldwide series of volcanic eruptions...
...their three young children are already living well with a five-bedroom $95,000 colonial house in suburban Cherry Hill, N.J., and a comfortable four-bedroom rented house on the Atlantic shore at Wildwood, N.J., where the Parents keep a 33-ft. Egg Harbor boat that he uses for deep-sea fishing. When he is not angling, Parent is passionately hunting with rifle and bow and arrow. Tracking mule deer at 10,000 ft. in the Colorado Rockies, Archer Parent bagged a deer the first time...
...prevent the bends, the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream, which occurs when deep-sea divers ascend too rapidly...
...already responded to that idea: "Unacceptable, inequitable and disadvantageous." All the industrial powers, including the U.S., object to the idea that they should make the investments, provide the technology and take the risks for the benefit of the poor countries. Their counterproposal: the international authority should set rules for deep-sea mining, license qualified miners, and collect perhaps 5% of the revenues for the needier nations...