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Re:A whale necropolis has been found by toast0 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @12:03AM (#48524070)
> I won’t say I think outer space is easier, but the problem space is very different.

You didn't even mention pressure. Space is only 1 atm off of sea level. 100 meters below the surface is 10 atm more than at sea level ... all sorts of cool stuff you might want to explore is way deeper than that.

Less of a problem for robots than people, but still a problem.

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Re:A whale necropolis has been found by irishcoffee on Sunday June 14, 2026 @08:15AM (#48526470)
There are a lot of tricks to deal with pressure, related to filling electronic “bottles” with 1 atm of pressure via nonconductive fluid. You are correct though, pressure is also a phenomenon that has to be accounted for or you’re gonna have a bad time.
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