New Alvin submersible cost overrun
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National Academy committee Tom served on, reviewing the $25 million NSF program to build a replacement Alvin.
I served on one when they wanted to redo the Alvin submarine — the deep-diving submersible they have at Woods Hole that goes down and finds the Titanic and things like that. The National Science Foundation had $25 million to build a new one, and they wanted to figure out what features it should have, and whether they could afford to build it. So you sit down a committee, you don't get paid but they pay your travel expenses, and you meet a lot of interesting people. And they have a bias discussion.