BioSub - A Self contained BiospheBeneath The Sea

Hello Gang,
Today is a historic day in both the annuals of undersea and space colonization. In a self contained biosphere beneath the waters of a lake near Albury on the NSW-Victoria border. Australian marine biologist Lloyd Godson, 29, today began his unusual holiday in a steel box.

Measuring just nine cubic metres, the box is where Mr. Godson will eat, sleep and surf the net for the next fortnight, while being tested for the psychological and physical pressures of being underwater.

He will have to generating his own oxygen and grow some of his own food from algae using a bioreactor.

Funded by the Australian Geographical Society, the project is a lesson in self-sufficiency and sustainability and a long-held, if slightly unusual, dream for the scientist.

"It's something I've always been fascinated with ... in university I got more and more interested in sub-sea habitats and submersibles," Mr. Godson said before jumping into his underwater lair, named the BioSUB.

Follow his progress at the following website:

http://www.biosub.com.au/

and read today's news item at

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21504333-2,00.html

Alex Michael Bonnici