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At the first Subtech Conference in 1983, I chaired a seminar on manned submersibles. To a question on the length of the future of manned submersibles, Frank Busby replied, ‘About ten minutes’. Four years later that prediction remains stubbornly unfulfilled, and companies, agencies and authorities still purchase manned submersibles.
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Hampson, D.J. (1988). The Return of the Manned Submersible: a New Dawn?. In: Submersible Technology: Adapting to Change. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1299-1_31
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