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----- Original Message ----- From: "Nydivecon" <nydivecon@ao*.co*> Newsgroups: rec.scuba Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Nydivecon > >Really? When was the last time you saw a commercial team go 3 miles back > >under ground, and do 300 feet for 300 minutes, and get out in 18 hours? > > First of all how far back they went is meaningless. If you are under a > decompression ceiling it doesnt matter if you are 15' into a jackup leg or 100 > miles back in a cave. Direct ascent is impossible so how fucked you would be > if soemthing went wrong doesnt make a difference. So they were in a cave... If > we removed the overburden could they have made a direct ascent? No? Then what > the hell does it matter??? > > Secondly 18 hour downtimes or 300' is routine... Small potatoes... > > You impress MUCH to easily... Its like saying the Apollo crews were in more > danger than the Gemini crews... > Furthermore - the fact that the WKPP people are doing this for no reason makes > them stupid - not brave. Yeah yeah I know what your going to say - Scientific > research, groudwater quality etc... All of that can be done by geophysics. > Between 3D seismic, core drilling, borehole logging, resistivity, sp, and > magnetics there is NOTHING that WKRP (sic) can contribute that cant be obtained > without risking human life. Furthermore - if they were real professionals > instead of cowboys - they would do the dive in Sat mode using an US habitat and > ROV's... > > Sorry to diminish your heros but as the saying goes "They Aint Nothing!" -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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