Beneath the sea between Cuba and Jamaica lies theCayman Trough , a rift where two architectonic plates are take out away from each other , leaving a three - mile cryptic volcanic oceanic abyss . scientist are going to drown some robots in it .
The National Oceanography Centre , Southampton , has transport the Royal Research Ship James Cook to the Caribbean , chockablock with robots and autonomous submarines design to whiff around in the depths and discover what sorting of life might be living next to the “ black smoker ” columns of vulcan phlegm . It ’s this sort of life history ( likegiant tubeworms ) , living underwater far from the Energy Department and ecosystem of sunlight , which helps us realise how life on other planets may evolve . Plus it ’s moderately swell here on our own planet , too .
As befits a forward-looking research head trip , “ Voyage 44”has a websitethat they ’ll be update . The team ison Twitter . If you ’re a instructor , they ’ve plant up a human body tolet tiddler require motion of the expedition team . You could easily build a whole module around that .
Four differentsensor and automaton packagesare on - board the James Cook , include the fancy Autosub6000 [ pictured ] which can explore the trough on its own , poking around for vents without straightaway interaction from the excursion team . [ National Oceanography Centre , Southampton ]
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