If you had no idea the United States owns and maintains an underwater sea base, you are not alone. It’s called Aquarius Reef Base and it’s a school-bus-sized steel structure that sits several miles offshore on the seabed 60 feet below the surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. On the inside, it’s like a recreational vehicle outfitted as a laboratory, with room enough for six “aquanauts.” But federal funding for the world’s only sea base, inner space’s version of the International Space Station, may be drying up, with money for research and exploration flowing ... Read More
