The US Navy once sent aquanauts to live on the ocean floor for weeks, hoping SEALAB would prove humans could colonise the deep. Instead, one diver died, the program collapsed, and the underwater future quietly disappeared

1.0United States News Beep | NewsBeep.comhttps://www.newsbeep.com/usNEWSBEEPhttps://www.newsbeep.com/us/author/newsbeep/The US Navy once sent aquanauts to live on the ocean floor for weeks, hoping SEALAB would prove humans could colonise the deep. Instead, one diver died, the program collapsed, and the underwater future quietly disappearedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bUzrr0R6Fw"><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/818422/">The US Navy once sent aquanauts to live on the ocean floor for weeks, hoping SEALAB would prove humans could colonise the deep. Instead, one diver died, the program collapsed, and the underwater future quietly disappeared</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/818422/embed/#?secret=bUzrr0R6Fw" width="600" height="338" title="“The US Navy once sent aquanauts to live on the ocean floor for weeks, hoping SEALAB would prove humans could colonise the deep. Instead, one diver died, the program collapsed, and the underwater future quietly disappeared” — United States News Beep | NewsBeep.com" data-secret="bUzrr0R6Fw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Posts-1600840-2026-08-18T174529.184-768x403.png600315