An aerospace engineer has just spent 120 days not in the air, nor in spacebut underwater.
His aim was to prove that oceans are feasible habitats for future human expansion, as reported byAFP.
It was a great adventure and now its over theres almost a sense of regret actually.
Rudiger Koch looks out into the ocean from his underwater capsule.© Ocean Builders via X
I enjoyed my time here very much, the 59-year-old man from Germany told AFP.
It is beautiful when things calm down and it gets dark and the sea is glowing.
He celebrated the victory with champagne, a cigar, and a swim.
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Its like waking up from a dream.
I was in a magic dreamland, he said, as reported byThe Times.
The underwater capsule was linked to an above-water pod by a tube containing a spiral staircase.
The point of Kochs sojourn under the sea was to demonstrate the potential for sustainable aquatic human expansion.
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