 |
Angola
Botswana
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Cote D'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Mauritius
Seychelles
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Zambia| Press offices |
Marine Science news Chinese submersible breaks 7 000m national recordAccording to News24, the Jiaolong craft - a manned Chinese submersible - broke through the 7 000m mark for a new national record on Sunday. The Jiaolong dived 7015m in the western Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench -- the deepest place in the world -- on its fourth dive since arriving in the area earlier this month. Applause broke out as a depth gauge aboard the supporting ship Xiangyanghong registered more than 7 000m. The Jiaolong - named after a Chinese mythological dragon - carried three people. News24 reports the mission chief commander Liu Feng said that the dive shows the performance of the submersible is stable. The same submersible reached 5 188m in a Pacific dive in July last year. And in a series of three previous dives since 15 June, the craft has gone deeper each time. Experts say 7 000m is the limit of its design, adding that China intends to use the submersible for scientific research, such as collecting samples of undersea life and studying geological structures, as well as future development of mineral resources, News24 says. Read the full article on www.news24.com
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This Message Board accepts no liability of legal consequences that arise from the Message Boards (e.g. defamation, slander, or other such crimes). All posted messages are the sole property of their respective authors. The maintainer does retain the right to remove any message posts for whatever reasons. People that post messages to this forum are not to libel/slander nor in any other way depict a company, entity, individual(s), or service in a false light; should they do so, the legal consequences are theirs alone. Bizcommunity.com will disclose authors' IP addresses to authorities if compelled to do so by a court of law. | Subscribe to industry newslettersRelated newsSubmit news Top stories
Bizcommunity has over 400 industry contributors and we always welcome further contributions and contributors. |
News
Community
Submit
MyBiz Account
Advertise
Bizcommunity
ADSL & Web hosting proudly provided by Afrihost. All rights reserved. © 2013. Bizcommunity.com, its sponsors, contributors and advertisers disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense that might arise from the use of, or reliance upon, the services contained herein. Privacy policy, Terms of Use, PAIA.