using sonar, bounces sound wave to create a map of what might be down there. this area of the indian ocean is unchartered. it s unclear what it might finld. they believe the sea floor is covered in rolling hills and silt, which could make the investigation easier, maybe. it s a job suited for an unmanned sub. from all i know in doing oceanography, the worst thing to do is send a manned vehicle down. everything we learned, if you look at the gulf of mexico oil spill, they were able to fix it with an r.o.v., a remote operational vehicle. we have experience with remote operational vehicles that are tools on them that can cut, hold wrenches, they can do things and bring black box up. they can work 24/7. if you are here, you don t have much on the bottom.
objects and the rolling hills. do you think we may see some manned underwater vehicles go down at some point. that would be if, i imagine f the bluefin-21 doesn t locate anything. personally, from all that i have known in doing oceanography the worst thing to do would be send a manned vehicle down. from everything we learned. if you look at the gulf of mexico oil spill they were able to fix that with an rov, a remote operational vehicle. we have a lot of experience with sde deploying remote operational vehicles that would have tools on them, that can cut, that can hold wrenches. they can do things and certainly bring black boxes up and work 24/7. if you are in alvin you don t have that much time on the bottom. you are much better off with remote tools in my estimation. because there s not enough time in a manned vehicle. as i described to carol
and if you had all kinds of crevices and big boulders all around. so rolling hills is not a bad place for sonar. we want to see the figure from the ground and if it is just rolling hills and if the actually sediment is around, things like man made objects and other metallic objects in principle should give us reflective options that would allow us to see the difference between the manmade objects and the rolling hills. do you think we may see manmade vehicles go down, i would imagine if that would be if the bluefin-21 doesn t locate anything? personally, i think the worst thing to do would be to send a manned vehicle down. i think the worst thing we have learned if you look at the gulf of mexico oil spill they were actually able to fix that with a
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