Plans to build the world’s deepest and largest indoor pool in Cornwall to help to train astronauts have been announced.The team behind Blue Abyss, a £150 million project which has the support of the
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What s set to become the world s deepest pool is about to start construction in Cornwall – for £150million.
The pool, called Blue Abyss and built by a British company of the same name, will measure 164 feet (50 metres) down – about half the size of Elizabeth Tower in Westminster.
It will hold more than 42,000 cubic metres of water – equivalent to 17 Olympic size swimming pools or 168 million cups of tea – making it the largest and deepest indoor pool in the world.
But it won t be open to the public for a swim – it ll be a research, test and training centre serving the offshore energy, marine, defence and space sectors.
One of the world’s top facilities for extreme environment research, test and training, is being built in Cornwall, UK. Planned to be the largest and deepest pool in the world, Blue Abyss will operate as the first commercial astronaut training center.