Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 08:58
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Antarctic Undersea ROV 08

Hey Cameo, It's Ricky from Flagstaff, Arizona. How have you been doing? I've been doing great. We wrote you a couple days ago about the power and the manuverability. And I think you should have more power instead of manuverability. So you can do your stuff faster under water. We found a lot of little creatures in our sediment traps.

Sincerily,

 

 

Ricky Campbell

Fri, 10/17/2008 - 16:33

Cameo Slaybaugh

Hi Ricky -
I just got your e-mail and the one you all wrote the other day.  I am sorry that I didn't read it sooner but I took my students camping in the woods and the rule was "NO electronics."  My students weren't sure that they could go three days without a television or a phone or a MP3 player or a game system, but they did.  In fact, the only electricity we had was in the bathroom building.  We slept in tents, hiked, fished, had a scavenger hunt, made UV bead bracelets, and went on the "Ghost Train".  We also ate lots and lots of food.  We made fried chicken, barbeque chicken, barbeque baby back ribs, hamburgers, hotdogs, and of course, s'mores.  It was awesome!
Several of my students agree with you that power is more important than maneuverability.  However, some of the other students argue that it is more important to be able to move smoothly back and forth, side to side, and up and down.  Hopefully, we won't have to choose because we will be able to figure out how we can have both.  We are planning to put S.A.R.A. (the ROV) in the water on Friday, October 24th.  I'll keep you  posted about what happens.
It is so cool that you took your own sediment samples. 
Do you know what types of creatures are in the sediment that you all are examining? 
How are you studying the sediment - do you use a microscope or a magnifying glass?
What will you do with the sediment after you study it?
Thanks again for writing to me and being patient enough to write again when I couldn't get right back to you.  I promise to write back as soon as I can.  Talk to you soon.
Cameo :)