Comments on: FindShip, for ER and all other salty dogs… https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/07/07/findship-for-er-and-all-other-salty-dogs/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/07/07/findship-for-er-and-all-other-salty-dogs/#comment-31250 ER Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:28:55 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=46156#comment-31250 They spent most of their time in the SE Asian continental shelf doing geological research. They spent most of their time in the SE Asian continental shelf doing geological research.

]]> By: mcfly https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/07/07/findship-for-er-and-all-other-salty-dogs/#comment-31249 mcfly Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:08:20 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=46156#comment-31249 I assumed they'd launched their rov, looking for gold or silver. My only knowledge of them comes from the series they did for Discovery Channel. It never occurred to me that they may be, at least occasionally, involved in more nefarious endeavors. Kind of naive of me, especially since I knew their lead project manager used to be CIA or NSA or something of that nature. I assumed they’d launched their rov, looking for gold or silver. My only knowledge of them comes from the series they did for Discovery Channel. It never occurred to me that they may be, at least occasionally, involved in more nefarious endeavors. Kind of naive of me, especially since I knew their lead project manager used to be CIA or NSA or something of that nature.

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/07/07/findship-for-er-and-all-other-salty-dogs/#comment-31244 ER Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:09:48 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=46156#comment-31244 Navigation is becoming like aviation; full of rules, regulations, and electronic monitoring. Although I have always been fascinated by airplanes, I never got into flying because I felt that there was always someone looking over your shoulder. From the moment an airplane starts to roll on the runway, she is plugged into The System. You are trained, licensed, and tested constantly, and can go nowhere without filing a flight plan. I can certainly see the need for this, simple public safety if nothing else, but I think I would have preferred the old barnstorming days. Like the old biplanes, sailboats are analog machines, immersed in and a part of their environment. Their life comes from the touch of wind on cloth, and their connection to their pilots is through a human hand grasping a stick. What is the old Odyssey Explorer up to these days? Espionage? Oil Exploration? Ostensibly, her mission is deep water salvage. But I'm not surprised her master would prefer a little privacy. Navigation is becoming like aviation; full of rules, regulations, and electronic monitoring. Although I have always been fascinated by airplanes, I never got into flying because I felt that there was always someone looking over your shoulder. From the moment an airplane starts to roll on the runway, she is plugged into The System. You are trained, licensed, and tested constantly, and can go nowhere without filing a flight plan. I can certainly see the need for this, simple public safety if nothing else, but I think I would have preferred the old barnstorming days. Like the old biplanes, sailboats are analog machines, immersed in and a part of their environment. Their life comes from the touch of wind on cloth, and their connection to their pilots is through a human hand grasping a stick.

What is the old Odyssey Explorer up to these days? Espionage? Oil Exploration? Ostensibly, her mission is deep water salvage. But I’m not surprised her master would prefer a little privacy.

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