00:00You dispose of about 130 millions of dollars.
00:03What would you do with such a fortune?
00:05Do you want to travel in space?
00:07Or would you prefer to acquire an island?
00:09There are many ways to spend such a sum,
00:12but an anonymous investor chose to use
00:15to build an extravagant city marine.
00:18The project is not yet finished,
00:20but many people work to concretize it.
00:23If all happens as planned,
00:25living in the mountains could, in a close future,
00:28become a reality.
00:32In the last century,
00:33a carrière of calcaire was located near the border,
00:36in the United States.
00:38It was inundated in the 1990s,
00:40forming a deep lake of 80 meters.
00:42Today, a vast construction construction is now.
00:46The cars and materials,
00:48while the workers, in combination,
00:50assemblent of imposible modules,
00:52similar to gigantic submarins futurists.
00:55These structures, called sentinelles,
00:57constitueront the buildings of a small marine city.
01:00The engineers,
01:02inventing materials inoxidable inoxidable
01:05at high resistance,
01:06capable of supporting an immersion
01:08going up to 200 meters deep.
01:10It's the limit superior
01:12of the zone crepuscular,
01:14a space where the solar light
01:16penetrates.
01:17Of great calmar,
01:18as well as other mysterious creatures
01:20evolve.
01:21Imagine you in a hotel room
01:23in the sky,
01:24open eyes to discover
01:25a calm heart giant
01:26you fix in the sky.
01:27Or worse,
01:28a immense eye
01:29you awake.
01:30This kind of scene
01:32could become reality
01:33if the sentinelles
01:34were installed
01:35with success
01:36in the abyss.
01:37But,
01:38let's go to our
01:39lacustre.
01:40This project is called Deep.
01:42His goal is to make
01:44the submarine
01:45as nice as possible.
01:46At the inside of the residential modules,
01:49the teams
01:50manage the rooms,
01:51the kitchen,
01:52the baths,
01:53as well as large
01:54observance.
01:55The access is made
01:56on board
01:57of small submersibles.
01:58However,
01:59this is nothing
02:00as simple as a race
02:01in taxi.
02:02To live in the water,
02:03you need to follow
02:04a rigorous training
02:05under the supervision
02:06of qualified instructors
02:07and exercise
02:08in a simulator
02:09subaquatic.
02:10The cost of life
02:11will probably be
02:12exorbitant,
02:13but it should be worth it.
02:14At least,
02:15it will work well.
02:16A chef-cuisinier
02:17will have a menu
02:18and the ingredients
02:19will be conditioned
02:20in the sachets
02:21to preserve
02:22the aromas
02:23and nutrients.
02:24The whole thing
02:25is prometteur,
02:26but the question is
02:27who will finance
02:28this company?
02:29The mystery is entier.
02:30The project Deep
02:31is supported by
02:32a unknown
02:33who has already invested
02:34more than 100 millions
02:35of dollars.
02:36It is worth noting
02:37that this initiative
02:38is not the first type
02:39of the genre
02:40in terms of habitat
02:41in 1962,
02:42Jacques-Yves Cousteau,
02:44the most famous
02:45explorers
02:46and plongers
02:47inaugurate la maison
02:48subaquatic
02:49Kohnschelf 1.
02:50It was a cylinder
02:51in a steel
02:52installed
02:53at 10 mètres
02:54in which two plongers
02:55lived during a week.
02:56In 1970,
02:57several women
02:58passers also
02:5914 days
03:00immerged
03:01in the Caraïbes
03:02to about 15 mètres.
03:03The goal of this experience
03:04was to study
03:05the human psychology
03:06in an environment
03:07exigual
03:08comparable
03:09of the space
03:10space.
03:11Without great surprise,
03:12this project was in part
03:13supported by the NASA.
03:14The bay
03:15vitrées
03:16tournées
03:17vers the marine marine,
03:18the cuisine
03:19raffinée,
03:20the festivities
03:21marine
03:22and the isolation
03:23loin
03:24of all civilization.
03:25But if we put
03:26an instant
03:27on the side
03:28these ludicies,
03:29there is a real interest
03:30there?
03:31Absolutely.
03:32The exploration
03:33of the ocean
03:35number of marine biologists
03:36think that the exploration
03:37of the ocean
03:38is more effective
03:39when it is carried out
03:40the inside.
03:41The plonger,
03:42in fact,
03:43has limits.
03:44Our physiological
03:45constraints
03:46reduce the time
03:47under the water
03:48to about 80 minutes.
03:49The marine cities
03:51would offer
03:52the possibility
03:53to travel
03:54throughout the whole months.
03:55But the challenge
03:56remains the prolonged
03:57of marine life
03:58in its natural environment.
04:00In the middle of the 1990s,
04:02researchers
04:03who had entered
04:04the study of the development
04:05and the alimentation
04:06of the corals
04:07were transferred
04:08to the laboratory.
04:09They found
04:10that the reactions
04:11of the corals
04:12varied considerably
04:13according to
04:14what they evolved
04:15in artificial environment
04:16or in the middle of the sea.
04:18Their behavior
04:19in captivity
04:20differ clearly
04:21from what they observed
04:22in their natural habitat.
04:24These cities
04:25marine could also
04:26represent an
04:27aubaine
04:28for the archaeologists
04:29specialized
04:30in the study
04:31through history.
04:32In other words,
04:33they could also
04:34play a crucial role
04:35in the natural disasters.
04:37In case of
04:38thunderstorms
04:39or volcanic eruptions
04:40or volcanic eruptions,
04:41engineers and scientists
04:42could create
04:43an aquatic refuge
04:44at the image
04:45of the Subbiosphere 2 project.
04:46These circular structures
04:48could be able
04:49to submerge
04:50a temporary
04:51to 50
04:52to 100 people
04:53allowing
04:54to survive
04:55in all safety
04:56from danger.
04:57These cities
04:59could be
05:00a powerful response
05:01to the problem
05:02of the population.
05:03But they are not
05:04without inconvenience.
05:05The oceans
05:06already have the effects
05:07of our pollution.
05:08What would happen
05:09if we were to establish
05:10that?
05:11Estudier the marine life
05:12in laboratory
05:13is one thing.
05:14It is one thing.
05:15It is one thing.
05:16One of these
05:17establishments
05:18the Water Discus
05:19will be built
05:20at a maximum depth
05:21of 11 meters.
05:22It will be
05:2321 rooms
05:24and a restaurant
05:25offering a view
05:26imprenable
05:27on the rocks
05:28of the coral reefs.
05:29If the vacation
05:30is pleasant,
05:31some specialists
05:32doubt
05:33that a prolonged presence
05:34would make
05:35an effect on health
05:36due to the lack
05:37of exposure
05:38to the sun.
05:39Therefore,
05:40a small week
05:41could be instructive.
05:42The main challenge
05:43that the concept
05:44of laboratories,
05:45hotels
05:46or
05:47are in place
05:49of reliable systems
05:50and safety systems
05:51and security.
05:52It is imperative
05:53to maintain
05:54conditions of air,
05:55humidity
05:56and temperature
05:57as comfortable
05:58as possible
05:59for the occupants.
06:00Or,
06:01this requires
06:02a considerable amount
06:03of energy.
06:04Today,
06:05all the modern modern buildings
06:06depend still
06:07of energy sources
06:08located in the surface.
06:09However,
06:10scientists ambition
06:11to make the future
06:12installations
06:13completely autonomous
06:14by exploiting
06:15the magnetic energy
06:16and the solar panels
06:17at high level.
06:18It is also essential
06:19to adopt
06:20an architecture
06:21adaptable
06:22for these structures.
06:23Instead of covering
06:24the entire city
06:25subaquatic
06:26of an immense
06:27cupola,
06:28it is much more judicious
06:29to conceive
06:30a large number
06:31of large buildings
06:32built-in.
06:33They must be made
06:34from acier,
06:35a ver,
06:36and a cement specific.
06:37In addition,
06:38the depth
06:39should not exceed 300 m.
06:40beyond,
06:41the pressure of the water
06:42would be much more
06:43heavy.
06:44For the
06:46buildings
06:47to be able to
06:48secure
06:49the engineers
06:50have access to
06:51the water
06:52to be able to
06:53make it
06:54to the surface.
06:55The water
06:56is to be able to
06:57be evacuated
06:58and replaced
06:59by the air,
07:00which allows
07:01the habitat
07:02to go to the surface.
07:03And what is
07:04the air
07:05frais?
07:06The fish,
07:07they,
07:08they,
07:09they are
07:10obviously not
07:11for humans.
07:12So,
07:13it must be
07:14flowing from the surface.
07:15This one
07:16could be
07:17spread
07:18in the city,
07:19then combined
07:20with a specific substance,
07:21the sodasorb,
07:22which reacts with the carbon dioxide
07:23to eliminate
07:24the carbon dioxide
07:25to the eliminate.
07:26The ideal would be
07:27to be able to produce
07:28oxygen directly
07:29in the marine cities
07:30without depend
07:31of the outside sources.
07:32For this,
07:33it would be
07:34to manage
07:35plants
07:36to be able
07:37to feed
07:38the fish
07:39on the crew
07:40and the place
07:41of the sun.
07:42If we
07:43would give
07:44total autonomy,
07:45they could have
07:46permission directly
07:47to leave the ocean.
07:48It would be
07:49to ensure
07:50equipment
07:51of the zus,
07:52mask
07:53and oxygen
08:05in the atmosphere.
08:07Dans un habitat sous-marin, l'air, confiné comme dans une cabine d'avion,
08:12ne se renouvelle pas facilement, ce qui accentue les émanations.
08:15Peut-être qu'un jour, des espaces de cuisson spécifiques verront le jour.
08:19Mais en attendant, il faudra se contenter d'aliments en conserve ou déshydratés.
08:24Envie de bouger un peu ?
08:25Faites une promenade sous-marine.
08:27Au lieu d'une bouteille, vous pouvez utiliser un tuyau reliant votre masque
08:31à une réserve d'air dans votre logement.
08:33Mais attention, votre exploration sera limitée.
08:35La longueur du tuyau impose une distance à ne pas dépasser.
08:40Air, alimentation, structure sûre et l'eau potable ?
08:44A l'avenir, des filtres intégrés à ces hôtels pourraient nous permettre de dessaler l'eau de mer.
08:48Cette ressource pourrait aussi provenir de la condensation formée dans l'habitat
08:51ou même des sécrétions humaines.
08:53Cela peut surprendre, mais les astronautes, par exemple,
08:56utilisent depuis longtemps des dispositifs capables de recycler leurs fluides en eau potable.
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