Scuba Diving on Other Planets Considered

Planet Earth is not the only place where there is liquid water, and when humans visit other planets, chances are they will put their space colonies close to liquid water. After all humans need water to drink and survive, to water their greenhouse gardens and grow food. There is no doubt that humans will also wish to explore off planet oceans, and perhaps go scuba diving. Of course things will be a lot different as they propel themselves under these waters.

On places like Mars, there may be liquid water underneath the ice caps. That water will be very cold, that is if it is in a liquid form, and the scuba diving outfits must keep the space colonists' bodies nice and warm. The water on other planets will be denser or less dense - it will not be the same density as that on Earth. Also, consider if you will that less gravity means that one can dive much deeper and do it much easier, which changes the entire dynamics of scuba diving, the bends, weights needed, and propulsion devices.

The rock formations underwater will be much different, and they will be quite intriguing to humans, especially those who have done scuba diving here on this planet. There will be some life, albeit unique compared to what an earth scuba diver is accustomed to seeing. Who knows, perhaps humans will live in underwater domed communities, surrounded by water, as this is an environment which has everything they need.

They can separate the H2O into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen can be used in fuel cells to make power and the oxygen can be used to breathe, which will they then will exhale into CO2 which can be used to grow plants and gardens.

Much of the same equipment which is used in scuba diving on our planet will be used on other planets in their oceans, but there will be some differences in the future as the materials will get much stronger and lighter; space-age materials like Graphene, and Carbon Nano Tube composites. The oxygen tanks may only weigh a pound or less, but they will be many times stronger than steel.

We need to explore these oceans on the other planets in our solar system as we boldly go into the future, and mankind branches out into space colonies. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it. If you are a scuba diver, or if you have any futuristic questions, concerns, and/or comments about this topic please shoot me an e-mail.