|  | .........  No. Settlements will be built on the sea floor
 and inhabited as long as a definite task justifies the cost and sacrifices.
But, Homo aquaticus himself, after a few weeks
 work in platinum mines of  7,000 feet deep,
 will gladly rejoin his native village, celebrate a friend's birthday,
and smile in the warm sun. ......
Jacques Yves Couseau:
The Ocean World 1979   |