(Business Insider) Imagine exploring a place so far from humanity that any message you send takes seven seconds to be heard.
That’s arguably more remote than the moon — radio waves sent back-and-forth during the Apollo missions took just 2.5 to 2.7 seconds to transmit.
But this location isn’t in space; it’s at the bottom of the sea.
In December, explorer and investor Victor Vescovo, along with scientist Alan Jamieson from Newcastle University, are embarking on a groundbreaking mission more than 6.5 miles under the waves. The two are heading out in a new $48 million dollar submarine system to better map the bottom of the world’s five oceans. Read More
