Posted on 06/21/2023 9:05:49 AM PDT by EliRoom8
A multimillionaire thrill-seeker who was supposed to be on the missing Titanic sub said he pulled out over fears it was “cutting too many corners” — and was run with a $40 videogame controller.
Digital marketing tycoon Chris Brown, 61, told the Sun that he paid a $10,000 deposit for the trip along with his friend Hamish Harding, the 58-year-old British billionaire who is among the five still missing.
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Don’t let other people pack your parachute.
“Race to rescue missing Titanic submarine as experts question what went wrong”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIFU2UtiWYk
“was run with a $40 videogame controller”
Charging people $250k a piece and THAT’S the quality gear your relying on to go 2 and a half miles under water???
Completely unacceptable and in my humble opinion nothing short of gross negligence.
I read somewhere it was ‘wireless’ too..................
Spend $250k to share an underwater coffin next to the Titanic with 4 others. 100 years from now there will probably be another expedition to visit the wreckage of the Titan once the Titanic is barely recognizable.
How many times has this thing gone down to the Titanic site?
Yes, if that’s what caused the problem.
But they lost contact with the surface for some reason and that may mean power lost, so the video game controller might not have anything to do with it.
I read where they might have had 4 days of oxygen from when they lost contact, so there is still some hope, but time is running out.
Do nuclear subs “make” oxygen from seawater?
Just this once. The more important question is how many times has it returned?
This is the FIRST TIME IT’S GONE DOWN??
> “was run with a $40 videogame controller” <
I just looked it up. To my surprise, it’s not all that unusual. US submarines use those controllers too.
Now, here’s where I’m just guessing. US submarines probably have some redundancy built in. If one controller fails, there’s a backup ready to go. I doubt if that was the case with this mini-sub.
Just heard him unwilling to talk about it now as he dosn’t think this is the time he should do so, rather focus on rescue.
This is #3..................
They recycle the CO2.................
I don’t understand what these rich idiots were supposed to be getting out of this whole thing anyway, besides finding a new way to waste their money (their favorite passtime) and getting to claim that they were at the Titanic, in person.
If you look at this thing, it basically has one small window in the front. Even with spotlights, at that dept and whatever water quality, and considering what they’d have to look through, they are seeing nothing. So if they get to navigate around and view the wreckage on a screen, how does being inside a tiny tube while you are doing it benefit you?
There’s just nothing good about doing this except being able to say you did. The risk versus reward ratio here is monumental
I should qualify that last post:
This is the 3rd trip with paying customers.................
Did they have extra batteries for the controller?
“Do nuclear subs “make” oxygen from seawater?”
Not when I was in the Navy. They used CO2 scrubbers and hydrogen burners. Maybe the technology has probably changed but I have not kept in touch with the boats.
The other point is that if they, in fact, used a wireless game controller.....what else in the world did they cut corners on to take these journeys?
Even on the surface, the sea wants to do only one thing and that is to kill you. Maximum steps have to be taken to prevent that. It seems that they did not take maximum steps, did they?
Everybody keeps talking about this 17 bolt nose cap like they’re really going to open it or they cannot open it.
Who’s going to open the damn thing at 400 atmospheres down? That’s absolutely ridiculous. They bolted them in there and they were going to unbolt them when they were at the surface.
What I’m wondering has to do with all that built up pressure inside if it’s still in one piece. The O² psi if unvented would be enormous, and as it is brought to the surface it expands. If the dome cracks... it’ll be fugly.
The Dome was only certified to 1300 meters, the CEO didn’t want the outlay costs of a dome that would actually have been certified down to 4,000 meters.
He apparently is one of those so-called “smartest person in the room” types. Which actually means nobody’s opinion or expertise is regarded, since the “smartest person in the room” has all the answers! Simply put it’s a form of narcissism that can be dangerous.
Beware of people who consider themselves the “smartest person in the room.” And if you are ever in a position where there is a “smartest person in the room” making critical decisions develop your own personal exit strategy so you’re not caught up in the conflagration that is bound to follow.
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