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From the Nov 12, 2007 edition Innovation A hub for ‘inner space’ explorers URI breaks ground on a $15 million undersea research command center By David Ortiz PBN Staff Writer The University of Rhode Island broke ground last week on a state-of-the-art oceanographic command center, which it called as important to undersea exploration as the Johnson Space Center in Houston is to NASA’s control of missions in outer space. At far left, ocean engineer Todd Gregory describes part of the project to a multinational group of visitors. More » This item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in to continue. To purchase a copy of this article for $2.00, click here.