Re: [OT] Navy releases photos of U.S.S. San Francisco

From: Pat Flannery (flanner_at_daktel.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:12:14 -0600

Reed Snellenberger wrote:

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> On the other hand, do we really want to be able to see all of the
> ball-eyed kelp monsters that Irwin Allen predicted? Bad enough to see
> them during the initial run...

That's the one everybody remembers, isn't it? It was also on the
Viewmaster reels of VTTBOTS.
Seriously, the Navy looked into blue-green lasers to allow submarines to
communicate with satellites while at moderate depths.

Pat