Marine Research Glider
Date. To be defined
Location. Sarasota, Florida, USA, Earth.
Fundraising. Long term donations
We know more about the outer space than we do about what lies beneath us in the depth of the oceans
A marine glider is an autonomous research apparatus designed and built to perform long range missions across the oceans that can last weeks, months and even years depending on how it is built.
It generally has a torpedo shape because the hydrodynamic efficiency is at the base of how it works.
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The concept is pretty easy, it moves forward using buoyancy and gravity as its fuel simply changing its weight and center of gravity by filling and emptying the ballasts in its nose.
The change in pitch together with the wings allows it to move forward while going up and down from surface and the max depth it is programmed to reach.
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A Marine Glider is packed with sensors, data recording devices and satellite communication devices, that allow it to collect data from the environment, store them in its memory till it is back on the surface and then send it via satellite communication to the research institute that is then studying the data.
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Despite the simple concept of how a Glider works, Marine Research Gliders can be pretty complex vessels filled with delicate sensors, water fearing electronics and electric motors and batteries, all enclosed in a shell that protects all that from the pressure of the deep sea where it is supposed to dive to collect data.
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Our mission is to cooperate with marine research institutes, to build for them marine gliders following their sensor needs and then launch the missions to help asses the real situation of our oceans and world