Aquanauts

In 1970, not long after astronauts first walked on the moon, Earle led a team of all-female "aquanauts" - a mixed team was deemed too controversial - to live for two weeks in an enclosed habitat on the ocean floor, conducting studies of seabed life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Someday he wants to build a business like Virgin Galactic, only taking paying customers—so called "aquanauts"—into the ocean's depths, but that's still some way off. ❋ Mary Kissel (2011)

Scientists — or " aquanauts " — stay for 10 days at a time, living, eating and sleeping in the confined habitat. ❋ Gautam Naik (2010)

For safety reasons, aquanauts undergo early decompression when Aquarius operations are threatened by major storms. ❋ PhD. Steven Miller (2011)

Located three and a half miles off Key Largo, Florida, and based at a depth of about fifty feet, six aquanauts will live and work around the clock in the Aquarius. ❋ PhD. Steven Miller (2011)

During a mission, a land-based " watch desk " constantly monitors the habitat ' s vital signs — including pressure and oxygen levels — while also keeping an eye on the aquanauts via video cameras. ❋ Gautam Naik (2010)

Astronauts and aquanauts doing astrobiology underwater. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Astronauts and aquanauts alike really appreciate the importance of air, food, water, temperature, all the things you need to stay alive in space or under the sea. ❋ Sylvia Earle (2009)

Diving day and night was really easy for me in 1970 when I led a team of aquanauts living underwater for weeks at a time at the same time that astronauts were putting their footprints on the moon. ❋ Sylvia Earle (2009)