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> The BBC TV 1 (UK) program `Tomorrow's World' at 7.30-8 pm Fri 13 Oct 1995 had > an item about fluorocarbon liquid breathing as a treatment for very premature > babies with underdeveloped lungs. As a sideline it said that there is a story > that the USA navy special forces have liquid breathing diving gear and that 20 > divers have dived with it. Does anyone out there know anything about this? It > would be a great pity if such a useful technique remained a shut-in naval > secret and the diving public and civilian work divers were shut out of it. I > still haven't forgiven the UK navy and Marines for hanging onto nitrox > rebreathering as a tight shut-in secret for 20 years from 1943 onwards while > civilian long-dive divers had to cart heavy open-circuit cylinders about. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. Hmm, Hans Hass used a rebreather for a lot of his work, and well it worked too. I think there was a conscious decision by sport divers to go for the safety aspects of open circuit rigs. The principles of rebreathers are pretty simple; sit down with a piece of paper and try designing one; you'll quickly pose all the questions that NASA and COMEX have had to solve! Of course, that doesn't get you most of the answers! On a sideline, is it true that the CIS-LUNAR unit was designed with astronautical applications in mind? Jason
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