Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), officially launched India’s first manned ocean mission, the “Samudrayan project,” in Chennai.
Highlights
The goal of the Unique Ocean Mission is to develop deep underwater human vehicles for subsea tasks.
With this technology, India joins a select group of countries that have such underwater vehicles, including the United States, Russia, Japan, France, and China.
Samudrayan
The goal of the Unique Ocean Mission is to develop deep underwater human vehicles for subsea tasks.
The ‘MATSYA 6000’ is the codename for the deepwater manned submersible.
It was created by the National Institute of Ocean Technology in Chennai (NIOT).
The method will aid deep-ocean research of non-living Resources such as polymetallic manganese nodules, gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulphides, and cobalt crusts, which have been found between 1000 and 5500 metres deep.