By 2025, she could be the most advanced vessel on the market. But with an ecological aim. Researchers will work there on the climate, financed by wealthy passengers who will stay there for 2.5 million euros for ten days.
At first, we don’t believe it. Another crazy but utopian project. And then we take a closer look. Its designer, Aaron Olivera, was president of a real company in the sector, Royal Falcon Fleet, and invested 4.15 million euros over six years to study the feasibility of his project. He has surrounded himself with credible partners (Iddes Yachts, NED-Project, IBM, Ivan Salas Jefferson for the design …) and relies on a revolutionary and clean propulsion technology, in which Bill Gates has invested via TerraPower: a nuclear reactor with molten salt. If this technology were to prove unavailable on the launch date, the vessel, dubbed “Earth 300”, would begin its navigation using zero-emission synthetic fuel.
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It is neither a cruise ship, nor a superyacht, nor an exploration vessel. It’s all of this at the same time
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This boat is intended to become a floating laboratory for scientists, responsible for studying the consequences of global warming in the polar regions. They would be 160 to work permanently in 22 laboratories located in the heart of the sphere of 13 floors, on the front deck. To this would be added 165 crew members and 40 “tourists” dropped off by helicopter and spending a fortune to afford a scientific cruise, which would make it possible to earn the income necessary for the annual operation of the boat. The bet seems daring: 166,000 euros to go into space, why not? 2.5 million euros to sail the ice, even aboard a futuristic ship? To have.
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The designer claims that his business plan has been validated by a reliable finance company, KPMG, and that 80% of the profits generated (there would also be conferences held on board for large companies) would go to environmental causes. Despite the apparent credibility of the project, we remain skeptical. But we would love to see it float. For real.
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