Primarily the Nautilus is an exploration vessel that spends time exploring the ocean depths using an Kongsberg EM302 multibeam, and the ROV’s Hercules and Argus. Argus is the tending ROV to the Hercules. One of the most important parts of this ship is the live streaming video to the internet of all operations on this ship. This is the system that I am helping maintain. The satellite dish part that I showed in my last blog post is one of the servos that steer the dish and allow the tracking of the satellites. That was from an older analog system, the one on this ship is a digital system. Basically physically they are the same. The major difference is the way the computer tracking the satellite talks to the servos driving the dish. You can watch all the action as we explore an active volcano called Kick ’em Jenny. This feed can be seen on www.explorationnow.org. I hope you get a chance to watch some of the undiscovered things we are about to reveal to the whole world. It should be fun, interesting and extremely informative.