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Historical Underwater Habitat Showcase, Part 5: Sealab I

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Go ahead, get it out of your system. I'm tired of hearing all the Sealab 2021 quotes but I understand it. Yes, there actually was a real life Sealab program carried out by the US Navy. Yes, they really used trained dolphins. No, they didn't have Happy Cake Ovens.

Seala...

Hampture Update for 1/12/2019: Leak Testing

 Round one of tub testing, possible Flex Seal sponsorship and troubling problems with my ride. What will the future bring? Can flex seal stop the leak? What doth life?? 

Historical Underwater Habitat Showcase, Part 4: Continental Shelf Station Three

The last two articles in this series covered Conshelf 1 and 2, so of course now I have to move on to the final habitat project ever undertaken by Jacques Cousteau. That's right bitches, it's time for Conshelf 3, the biggest and baddest of them all.

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If it looks less beautiful and fantasy-esque than...

Hampture Update for 1/7/2019: More Megahab Construction Progress!

 Finishing up the ballast pod mounting process. Next up is either mounting the heated floor pad inside, or cutting out the hole in the lid for the ceiling window. In the meantime, check out those articles! 

Historical Underwater Habitat Showcase, Part 3: Continental Shelf Station Two

I'm doing two this week because I've lost some Patrons, and I worry maybe I'm not engaging frequently enough. I'd rather only do one of these per week, spaced out between the videos, but let me know if more is better.

Last time I covered Jacques Cousteau's first underwater habitat project of the three, in total, he was able to secure funding for. Diogenes was austere to say the least, tiny, cramped and rudimentary. By comparison, Conshelf 2 was a quantum leap forward in every way.

Historical Underwater Habitat Showcase, Part 2: Diogenes, aka Conshelf One

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Diogenes was a Jacques Cousteau brainchild and the first of his three famous Conshelf habitat projects. In fact, it's recognized as the first true underwater habitat (as opposed to a diving bell, though it wasn't that different) in human history.

Diogenes was supported by...

Hampture Update for 12/31/2018: Nuts, Bolts, and Robots!

 New videos weekly, with new articles mid-week. Articles are accessible only by Patrons, but videos will remain visible to everybody. 

Historical Underwater Habitat Showcase, Part 1: Hydrolab

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This is something I've been meaning to get to for ages, but haven't found time and space for until recently. Some of this info can also be found on the Blogspot page if you really dig, but  enough people said they wanted to read it here i...

Hampture Update, 12/23/208: MegaHab Construction Progress

Just got done drilling holes for bolting the ballast pods to the main habitat shell. Would you guys like occasional articles on the Patreon page about the history of manned undersea laboratories? I thought that might make for some entertaining supplementary content. 

Hampture Update for 12/16/2018: New Cage, and Names Reveal

 Hopefully this will placate some of the commenters angry at me under the misapprehension that the hamsters live underwater full time. They don't. They get plenty of time on land in more spacious digs. 

Hampture Update for December 10, 2018: I Bought New Hamsters!

Suggest names! They're both girls. IDK if I want funny names again or serious ones like George and Scott. 

Big thanks to Mister Metokur and his followers!

I had no idea my support base had grown so abruptly. This changes many things. This amount should be plenty to buy some custom acrylic. Getting MegaHab put together in time for warmer weather now seems pretty feasible!

A couple points of clarification:

1. The gauge on the outside of Megahab is not a watch but a humidity meter which will allow me to monitor the humidity level of the air inside, which is important as an increase may indicate a slow leak.

2. The robot tank is n...

Battery Test, and Life Support Buoy Introduction

 Here we see a real world test of how long the battery will run the air pump, LED lights and heater pads. Also, a diagram for a floating, solar powered life support buoy. 

Possible Locations for MegaHab: River, Wetlands, or Pond?

Which site looks most promising? Site A, site B or site C? Also, shout out to the dudes at the wetlands with the kayak, they helped me film the brief bit of underwater footage. 

MegaHab Life Support Equipment

 Just a rundown of the equipment I've bought with donations I saved up since 2010. This may seem like overkill but it can't just be for show, and it can't leave anything to chance. It has to actually do the job, hence the possibly unnecessary excess of battery capacity and solar generation capacity shown here.