Gibraltarian’s plan for a nuclear-powered £500 million megayacht

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 Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 09:16

Gibraltarian Aaron Olivera has laid out his vision to build a nuclear-powered ship dedicated to science, ocean exploration and climate change awareness, with liquid metal walls, robotics, deep-sea creatures in tanks, floors opening under your feet and some of the smartest minds on the planet on board.


A vessel, he says, that "captures the spirit of Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Davos, the Olympics and Disney".
If that sounds a little far-fetched, then Olivera, a 42-year-old Gibraltar native who now calls Singapore home, makes no apologies. He plans to launch the emissions-free, (£500million) $US700 million, 300-metre-long megayacht christened Earth 300 in 2025, initially run on green fuels and eventually with a molten-salt reactor.

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