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  Bernd Laeschke

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  Robot reaches depth of 36,000 feet

  Marianas Trench (Global Adventures): The Nereus, a new Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle (HROV), did reach a depth of almost 36.000 feet (10,902 meters) in the Mariana Trench. The dive was made on May 31 after several successful trial dives to depths of 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), 13,200 feet (4,000 meters), and 26,400 feet (8,000 meters).
  
  A research team lead by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutions (WHOI) conducted the dives from the research vessel Kilo Moana. The goal was to take Nereus to the deepest-known part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench near the island of Guam in the west Pacific, according to a press release. The Challenger Deep It is the deepest abyss on Earth, more than 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) deeper than Mount Everest is high. At that depth, pressures reach 1,100 times the pressure at the surface.
  
  Nereus, an unmanned robot, is the first vehicle to be capable of working in tethered (ROV) and autonomous (AUV) modes. The Science Channel is planning to air a program about the expedition on October 07, 2009.
  
  This article was first published by Global Adventures ( http://www.global-adventures.us)
  
  • 09 Sep 2009, 6:28 pm
  Bernd Laeschke wrote: > Marianas Trench (Global Adventures): The Nereus, a new Hybrid > Remotely Operated Vehicle (HROV), did reach a depth of almost 36.000 > feet (10,902 meters) in the Mariana Trench. The dive was made on May > 31 after several successful trial dives to depths of 3,300 feet > (1,000 meters), 13,200 feet (4,000 meters), and 26,400 feet (8,000 > meters). > > A research team lead by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutions > (WHOI) conducted the dives from the research vessel Kilo Moana. The > goal was to take Nereus to the deepest-known part of the ocean, the > Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench near the island of Guam in the > west Pacific, according to a press release. The Challenger Deep It is > the deepest abyss on Earth, more than 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) deeper > than Mount Everest is high. At that depth, pressures reach 1,100 > times the pressure at the surface. > > Nereus, an unmanned robot, is the first vehicle to be capable of > working in tethered (ROV) and autonomous (AUV) modes. The Science > Channel is planning to air a program about the expedition on October > 07, 2009. > > This article was first published by Global Adventures ( > www.global-adventures.us)