An underwater space engineer for 120 days, recording a new world record

A flight engineer just spent 120 days, not in the air or in space, but under the water.

On Friday, Rudiger Koch finished his 120th in an immersed capsule in the Caribbean Sea region, leasing an official record in the Guinness Book of Records to spend the longest period of time underwater without decrease in pressure. His goal was to demonstrate that the oceans are possible habitats for human expansion in the future, as reported Agence Agency Press.

“It was a great adventure and now it has ended, and there is a feeling of regret almost in reality. The 59 -year -old German man told AFP:” I enjoyed my time here a lot. “It is beautiful when things calm down and darkness and glowing the sea.” Celebrate victory In chips, cigars and swimming.

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The cottage spent about four months in a 322.9 -feet square capsule (30 square meters) at a depth of 36 feet (11 meters) below the water off the coast of Panama. The capsule was created by Ocean Builders – a company that has been established by KOCH and works to live in a sustainable life in the ocean – and contains a bed, toilet, internet, electricity, TV and exercise bike. However, it did not have a bath (which made his festive diving on Friday more understandable) and access was limited to fresh water.

“It is like waking up from a dream. I was in the land of magic dreams Time.

The capsule under the water is linked to a room over the water by a tube containing a spiral staircase. However, the stairs were only for visitors, such as the doctor or family and friends who bring supplies. In fact, the capsule was equipped with four cameras to verify that a hut never appears, according to AFP.

“We needed witnesses to watch and achieve around the clock throughout the week for more than 120 days,” Susanna Reyes, the Guinness Book Judge of Records, who confirmed the new world record, told AFP. He was the owner of the previous record Joseph DetoreAn American man who lived under the water in Florida for 100 days.

The aim of establishing a cottage under the sea was to show the possibility of sustainable water expansion.

He said: “The transition to the ocean is something we must do, and this will actually be a contribution to restoring things like coral reefs.” CBS Two months after adventure, although he did not expand in talking about how Ocean Builder capsules contribute to this environmental vision.

“Our technology will allow civilization to move to the sea and open the ocean as a new border with the quality of life that does not accept competition anywhere,” according to Ocean Builder. ” Website. “We believe that by learning to live on water, we will open a new wave of environmentally sustainable innovations that will lead to a more sustainable living on Earth.”

It remains to see how or if this experience has affected the health of a hut, and who may be interested in the future to live at a depth of 36 feet under water.