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Pisces IV, Ready for Launch
What with all the talk in recent years of the privatizing of space, it was only a matter of time before this subocean spacecraft was developed.
Conceived by Brad Cousteau, great-grandnephew of the famous undersea explorer, the Pisces IV is unique, as it launches from the deep seafloor of the Mariana Trench. There it can draw on the vast quantities of sulfides seeping from ‘smokers’ in the earth’s crust as fuel. It’s laminated carbon fiber/platinum/niobium hull also benefits from a thin veneer of plankton and tube-worm mucus, which makes the ship super-slippery — just like that flopping walleye you tried to retrieve from the bowels of your father-in-law’s boat last summer — and therefore able to slither through water and air on its way to the cosmic vacuum.
(One minor drawback: piscenauts require triple-recirculating-ionizing-charcoal airpacks to overcome the supremely fishy stench of their craft.)
- Irving Plotny Does a Dive of His Own Invention
(Dateline: Irving Plot, NY) Local boy Irving Plotny, 46, of the garage apartment of his parents home at 72 Foober... - One Chagrin Highlands, Cleveland, Ohio
Upon its opening in 1999, One Chagrin Highlands became the initial structure erected within the large eastern suburb corporate park of Chagrin Highlands. - Insulated Metal Wall and Roof Panels
A component for walls and roofs that is finding increasing popularity among architects and builders is the insulated metal panel, or IMP.