INDIA IS GETTING READY TO LAUNCH DEEP OCEAN MISSION. WHAT IS DEEP OCEAN MISSION?

 

WHAT IS A DEEP OCEAN MISSION?

Every resource in this world has unique minerals and more valuable things that humans would have not seen. Using the resource with human skills and technology is one of the most important factors of development of a country. Humanity is the only thing which is present everywhere that makes country export and import their valuable things to the world and makes the world make use of it in their form of way that leads to new invention across the world. The main reason for this is the Ministry of Earth Science. MoES is responsible for forecasting weather/climate, ocean state, earthquake, tsunamis and many other that is under the earth science. To simply say responsible for all science on the earth. 

This was formed on 29 Jan 2006. Harsha Vardhan is the current minister of Earth science. Deep ocean mission is bought in to explore the seabed. As ISRO is exploring and studying space through different technology. Like so deep ocean mission is bought to explore and study the sea. Today(17th June 2021) government has added 4000 crores for the next four years to the deep ocean mission project. Let's see about the six major plans and their details.

SIX COMPONENT

Studies are planned to take place 6000 meters under the sea and are divided into six different components. Six component includes:-

• Mineral exploration on the sea bed

Sea bed offers life to many rare species on the earth and also contains minerals. Many minerals like gold, silver, manganese, iron, etc. As the example contains manganese, we will know more about manganese nodules. Manganese nodules are the potato-like structure which is found large in quantity in deep inside the sea. These manganese nodules are considered the most important resource found in sea beds today. It is used iron and steel industry, used in dry cell batteries, used to form alloys, etc.

• Study and Mapping of Biodiversity

As the last paragraph stated that seabed gives life to many species which is found rare on this planet, Deep ocean missions are going to have a study about a rare species and are going to collect information about a certain kind of animal with its history. Fossils are also found in the sea that gives history and makes us comfortable with the characteristics of animals.

• Study of Climate Change

The ocean is continuously evaporating, which makes a change in the climate. This causes rain, storms, tsunamis, etc. They calculate the climate with climate proxies under the sea.

• Exploration of marine biology and developing allied courses, training.

Marine biology is nothing but exploring the species in the sea with the necessary equipment and diagnosing the characteristics and interaction with the environment inside the sea and even deep inside the sea.

• Development and demonstration of ocean exploration

Knowing more about the ocean makes us feel about the damage we are seeing in the earth and paths us towards the right way to save the ocean and valuable resources for the future generation.

• Off-shore technologies for the future.

Offshore technology is the industry that is present near the sea and running the industry with the sea as the main component. Examples include oil mining, primary gas, and natural gas extraction, tidal energy, etc.

This project also includes the Samudrayaan project- A submersible vehicle capable of carrying men deep into the sea to a depth of 6000 meters to carry out certain exploration and handling technologies.

Mou is signed between the National Institute of Ocean Technology and ISRO to develop the submersible capsule module. ISRO is tasked with designing the capsule travel for the depth of 6000 meters under the sea.

NIOT is tasked with controlling the electronics and navigation section in the capsule. Mou is a formal agreement between two or more parties.

India will be one of the countries sending man underwater. As of now Russia, China, Japan, France, US are in the place.