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Lombardi Undersea LLC, together with partners in science and industry, operates as a CoST (commerce, science, & technology) Center to advance human intervention. Proceeds generated through projects and programs on this site benefit Ocean Opportunity Inc., a 501(c)3 not for profit organization.

The most pressing challenges of our time can be addressed with a renewed human interaction with, and presence within, the sea...

Overpopulation Nation. Do we need a Sea Station?

This is a refreshed op-ed from its original publication in 2017; to expand on context related to modern and future subsea habitation as we reflect on the historical significance of the Sealab Program on its 60th anniversary. Call it one of those quirky fateful twists – as I started up

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Portable Inflatable Habitats | some context from 2024

In June–July 1964, Ed Link – businessman, inventor, philanthropist – conducted his second Man-in-the-Sea experiment in the Berry Islands (a chain in the Bahamas) with Robert Sténuit and Jon Lindbergh, one of the sons of Charles Lindbergh. Sténuit and Lindbergh stayed in Link’s SPID habitat (Submersible, Portable, Inflatable Dwelling) for 49 hours underwater at a depth

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Gold Digging and Clam Diggers

My lack of blogging in recent months has been due to anything but lack of interest or creativity. To the contrary, there is so very much to share with the world from the journey through this past stretch… Despite the tremendously volatile industry I’ve managed to practice within – that

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