hmueller@CSSUN.TAMU.EDU (Harold E Mueller) (04/01/89)
April issue of "Skin Diver" (p. 122) has a note about the planned recovery of Liberty Bell 7. Note says Subsurface Technologies (Subtek), a Fort Worth, TX organization specializing in underwater artifact recovery, has been given NASA sanction to recover the capsule. Subtek has created the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Foundation to run the operation. Capsule will be located with a Subtek-developed device called EMS-3; no details on it. Capsule is at 5000 meters, "the deepest manned recovery ever attempted." Recovery will be carried live from "a deep diving research submarine with specially designed underwater television cameras" and a "floating marine archaeology facility with live television broadcasting capabilities." Subtek also plans to recover Spanish treasure ships and give artifacts to museums. Contacts: Robert Fuller or Larry Moore, Liberty Bell 7 Foundation, 6618 Azle Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76135, (817) 237-5490. Hal Mueller hmueller@cssun.tamu.edu Grad Student, CS Dept. n270ca@tamunix (Bitnet) Texas A&M University (409) 846-5462
mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) (04/05/89)
Along the lines, what other nifty spacecraft are lying in the ocean? There must be dozens of V-2's off the English coast, plus a few launched in "46 and "47 from Cape Canaveral and the USS Norton Sound. A few years ago, someone mentioned some Apollo hardware was in the ocean (I think it was the LEM from Apollo-13). Could someone post a brief list of the most interesting or historic hardware at the bottom of the sea (preferably with approximate location and depth)?
bwood@janus.uucp (Blake Philip Wood) (04/05/89)
In article <16680@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes: >Along the lines, what other nifty spacecraft are lying in the ocean? >There must be dozens of V-2's off the English coast, plus a few launched >in "46 and "47 from Cape Canaveral and the USS Norton Sound. Wouldn't any V-2's have been destroyed upon impact with the water? Blake P. Wood U.C. Berkeley, EECS Plasma Materials Processing Group bwood@janus.berkeley.EDU