PBS -American Experience
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I recorded it then and just watched it yesterday. I enjoyed it. What I especially enjoyed was the beginning, which showcased the earlier naval diving research done prior to the establishment of the SeaLab experience. Here are a couple things that stood out to me:
- They did a successful CESA--actually a buoyant ascent, since they used inflation to go quite quickly to the surface--out of a submarine from 320 feet.
- I was surprised to see how late in history some of the research was. I thought much of what they were experimenting on had been established earlier in time.
- I did not know how important astronaut (and former fellow Boulder, CO resident) Scott Carpenter was in the process.
- I did not realize that the SeaLab experience and learning led to spywork during the cold war era by allowing divers to work at great depths in soviet waters.
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