Abstract
The purpose of the study is to provide an idea of developing an underwater space station. Though the ocean covers about 71% of the surface of the Earth and holds tremendous amount of resources, it is still an unknown field for human beings. With the depletion of natural resources on the land, there is an urgent need to explore and exploit the ocean, but this process is constrained by the ocean engineering equipment and technology. The study proposed a sketch of a deep sea space station, which is similar to the International space station. The station can applied to observe the ocean environment, generate power from the ocean energy, manage to mine resources, control underwater factories and underwater vehicles, be habitable for staff, making another space for human.
Highlights
The twenty-first Century will be a century of ocean, which can provide human with living space, food, minerals, transport and water resources, but play an important role in the development of new energy sources
The land area is about 149 million square kilometers, accounting for only 29% of the surface of the earth and the sea area is about 361 million square kilometers, constituting about 71% of the Earth's surface, as described by Domingo (2012)
The invention of thousands of oceanographic instruments and devices, including computer and satellite linked buoys and floats, sediment traps, ocean seismometers, underwater video equipment, acoustic measuring devices and underwater vehicles, such as submersibles and remotely operated vehicles, has changed the way we study and exploit the ocean
Summary
The twenty-first Century will be a century of ocean, which can provide human with living space, food, minerals, transport and water resources, but play an important role in the development of new energy sources. The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and other fields can be conducted (John, 2008; Gary, 2006). It is suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to other planets. The critical systems of ISS are the atmosphere control system, the water supply system, the food supply facilities, the sanitation and hygiene equipment, fire detection and suppression equipment and communication system (Wikipedia, 2012a)
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