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2000 one man submersible to
Florida on Monday.
DeepWorker 2000 is a
one-atmosphere vehicle
designed and built in: North
Vancouver. “The untethered
sub is propelled by thrasters
powered by self contained
batteries and is fitted with a
pair of manipulator arms.
Nuytco's contract: is with
United Space Alliance, the
primary contractor to NASA
tor post-tlight operations.
The misstan is tor the April
24 launch of ce shuttle

Atlantis, taking off as part of

the international space station
The Nuytco crew will
two 170-foot (52 m)

rocket boosters fom the gulf

stream about 70 miles (113

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chutes and lines. The boo
em. which float alse me
and bob in the swells. They
sometimes travelling, as quick
Ivoas three knets in’ windy
conditions,

The $400,000 U
Deepwerker going to t
has been specially fitted with
more pewerful propulsion
thrusters. *We can) maintan
the Lofa moving boost-
cr and track it down,” Heaton
said.

The recovery crew will use
the Deepworker'’s remote arm
to attach and insert a plug
ime the bottem of each
booster ta seal the interior.
Sea water is then pumped out.
The boosters float to the sur-
face and then are winched on
to a recovery barge.

The Nuyteo team will

used
Vers

spend a week of practice prior
ta te actual recovery mis-
sion.

The North Vancouver

sold two

worker subs to American

Deepwater Engineering last

tor $400,000 each. The

are based in Honolulu,

and are being used to

harvest coral at 1,500-1,600

foot (457 m to 488 m)

depths. The coral is used for
jewelry.

Nuytco Resgarch Utd.
designs, builds, and operates
atmospheric diving suits, sub-
mersibles, remotely operating
vehicles, as well as specialty
equipment for commercial
diving.

Nuytco’s president and
founder Dr. Phil Nuytten is a
pioneer of the diving industry.

km) off the coast of Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station.

This month's contract
stems from the company's
demonstration of its sub-
mersible technology last year
for NASA

Nupytco is sending an oper-
ations supervisor, a technician
and a submersible pilot. Said
team member Jeff Heaton,
“We're hoping it extends into
a permanent contract with
perhaps a sale. I'm. excited.
We worked very hard last year
to do the demonstration.”

The rocket boosters are
traditionally retrieved — by
divers working from a recov-

ship. Heaton said the
ivers’ job is dangerous. They
face entanglement with para-

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