NOAA’s Aquarius Undersea Laboratory
Ask An Aquanaut

NOAA's Aquarius Undersea Laboratory | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | site map |
skip repetitive navigation
ask an aquanaut

Ask An Aquanaut

If you could ask an Aquanaut anything, what would you ask?
Here’s your chance! Use the form below to send a question to an Aquanaut, then check our blog for a response.

Don’t have a question? Leave a comment for the crew and we’ll post it over in the “Your Comments” section of our blog.




Recent Questions/Comments

Thank You Mission 2 crew, for the heart warming sign, acknowleging Tomlin Middle School from inside the Habitat on 4/25/08.
by Tomlin Middle School

With mission 1 over and Mission 2 , two days away from 'splash up", have you (both mission crews) accomplished everything you have printed for your goals on the mission summary page? What is the Kamper Waystation, it's purpose and why are you replacing this to a new site 400' from Aquarius? Besh wishes to the crew in the Habitat and to the topside support team. We will follow your next mission in May. Thanks TMS
by Tomlin Middle School

How do your misions work? What is it like to practically live under water?
by florence and emma white

Last Friday the class watched in anticipation as one of the aquanauts talked on the phone and monitored the computers as the others waited for the signal that everything was safe and ready for the crew to exit the Habitat. After the 'high five' sign we swithed to the gazeboo cam. We watched the topside crew in full gear await the Habitat crew to exit the wet porch. Our classroom question is this: Does the topside crew helping the Habitat crew share the oxygen masks they have on or does the inside Habitat fully dress in gear to get to topside? All we could see was the topside crew then legs coming from the wetporch area and maybe three people at a time swim to the top. Hopefully this Friday's pictures will be a little clearer than last week. Do the inside Habitat crew just use hand pumps with oxygen to make it to the surface or are they sharing with the topside crew? How long does it take to surface from the Habitat? Thanks. TMS
by Tomlin Middle School

I was wondering what the cost of building aquaris was? I see the operations costs are substancial but I was wondering if anther could be built? Also why you could not stay in there during a storm? Does the Storm affect below? Also if you could use one of these as a launching point for underwater turbine projects. Clean unlimited Power may be less expensive if you could have an alternating crew in one of those habitates to take care of power failures. I think socity would support this and your research would get more funds. Last question Is there enough room for serious lab equipment for the field of genetics?
by James