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canetoad

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8. China got there first

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 02:06 AM

Nov 16

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Seabed surveyed as China moves into deep-sea mining

The submersible, equipped with robotic arms to collect biological samples and sonar "eyes" that use sound waves to identify surrounding objects, is making repeated dives to test its capabilities.

It is carrying so much equipment that engineers added a bulbous forehead-shaped protrusion containing buoyant materials to the vessel to help maintain its balance.

Fendouzhe, China's third deep-sea manned submersible, is observing "the many species and the distribution of living things on the seabed", scientists on board told CCTV.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-29/chinese-sub-reaches-deepest-ocean-trench-mariana-fendouzhe/12932462

Fucking humans; can't leave anything alone.

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