Soheil_Esy
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Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Deputy Head of the Military-Industrial Commission.
Subject: Roscosmos' Pacific coast Kuril–Kamchatka Trench Vozrozhdeniye (Rebirth) permanent base
Sohae, 1st February 2016
Dear Deputy Prime Minister,
Instead of mulling extravagant and unrealistic Moon base, Russia's Roscosmos should first develop a manned permanent undersea station immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the floor of the 10,500-metre deep Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
This project would be cheaper and easier, while bringing only slightly less prestige than the lunar extravaganza. Scientific and economic payoffs could be huge.
Natural resources on the ocean floor includes polymetallic nodules, while hydrothermal vents create sulfide deposits, which contain valuable metals such as silver, gold, copper, manganese, cobalt, and zinc.
Hydrothermal vents reaching temperatures of more than 400 °C could offer a source of energy for running the base once harnessed.
Unlike the Moon and Mars, the ocean floor yields nourishing seafood too.
Expansion of the base in size and population would be facilitated by the proximity to the mainland Russia, with a one way trip taking only a few hours.
And no need to spend more than 80% of the mass in fuel, as the payload will sink by itself! The eventual return trip to the surface is basically based on buoyancy thus consuming little energy too.
The invaluable experience gained would also benefit any future Roscosmos manned base on extraterrestrial world with liquid surface or underground such as Jupiter's Moon Europa!
For illustration only. Vozrozhdeniye (Rebirth) Kuril–Kamchatka Trench permanent base
Waiting for your kind feedback.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours faithfully,
S☫heil_Esy
Subject: Roscosmos' Pacific coast Kuril–Kamchatka Trench Vozrozhdeniye (Rebirth) permanent base
Sohae, 1st February 2016
Dear Deputy Prime Minister,
Instead of mulling extravagant and unrealistic Moon base, Russia's Roscosmos should first develop a manned permanent undersea station immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the floor of the 10,500-metre deep Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
This project would be cheaper and easier, while bringing only slightly less prestige than the lunar extravaganza. Scientific and economic payoffs could be huge.
Natural resources on the ocean floor includes polymetallic nodules, while hydrothermal vents create sulfide deposits, which contain valuable metals such as silver, gold, copper, manganese, cobalt, and zinc.
Hydrothermal vents reaching temperatures of more than 400 °C could offer a source of energy for running the base once harnessed.
Unlike the Moon and Mars, the ocean floor yields nourishing seafood too.
Expansion of the base in size and population would be facilitated by the proximity to the mainland Russia, with a one way trip taking only a few hours.
And no need to spend more than 80% of the mass in fuel, as the payload will sink by itself! The eventual return trip to the surface is basically based on buoyancy thus consuming little energy too.
The invaluable experience gained would also benefit any future Roscosmos manned base on extraterrestrial world with liquid surface or underground such as Jupiter's Moon Europa!
For illustration only. Vozrozhdeniye (Rebirth) Kuril–Kamchatka Trench permanent base
Waiting for your kind feedback.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours faithfully,
S☫heil_Esy
