NASA | Meanwhile at the Bottom of the Ocean

The Ben Franklin mission has been forgotten by time, overshadowed by the concurrent Apollo 11 mission. However, the scientific findings obtained by the six aquanauts has provided a foundation for understanding the Gulf Stream and ocean currents. This webshort was produced as an educational tie-in with the Science on a Sphere feature LOOP, visit http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/loop for more information.
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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• NASA
• history
• Apollo 11
• Ben Franklin
• submarine
• submersible
• ocean
• oceanography
• currents
• Gulf Stream

[TheMegaEliteMan]

Being first is like winning the special olympics. You're still retarded in the end.

[krustofskie]

But yet we still have not fully explored the deepest depths of our oceans.

[TheJatmikoo]

thanks for shared

[Srhavito]

una carabana debaojdel agua hijos de puta

[therealbachiCheng]

Playing it on and on, love it .

[BurnabyAlex]

I saw the Ben Franklin at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.

[dutchuniverse]

What part of the NASA abbreviation contains ocean?

If I remember correctly it's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Maybe they need to split into divisions and call it NOSA

National Ocean and Sea Administration

[GoreTorn16]

Awesome!!

[TheMegaEliteMan]

@0bbah Calm yo tits gurl, twas a joke.

[estratego07]

I love how he cassually says "As hurricanes tear trhough the atlantic coast region" Lmfao 

[0bbah]

@TheMegaEliteMan people who still call people "retards" are puerile faggots. people born mentally retarded, nothing they can do about it.

[MoreYummy]

how long can it stay under water?