[2][3] The Blue Abyss pool will be used for training and development for commercial diving, space exploration, human life science, and submersibles.
[4] The facility itself will include:[4][3] The Blue Abyss will aid in testing, training, and pre-operational exercises for the commercial diving sector.
[5] The pool will allow for deep water training for offshore and inshore commercial divers and diving teams.
Testing and training is expected to include hydrographic, pipeline and cable surveys, inspections of wind turbine foundations, vessel hulls and installations, oceanographic studies, and even film production.
[7] The facility will include a neutral buoyancy pool, parabolic flight and centrifuge training, hypo and hyperbolic chambers and micro-gravity simulation suite, and an environmental research centre.
[8] The Kuehnegger Human Performance Centre will have astronaut and athlete test and evaluation facilities, with full-body suspension and hypobaric chambers for altitude training.