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Gut feeling Thrill-seeker pulled out of missing Titanic sub trip over fears it was 'cutting too many corners'
The New York Post ^ | June 21, 2023 | Lee Brown

Posted on 06/21/2023 9:05:49 AM PDT by EliRoom8

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To: EliRoom8
Thrill seeker who was not suicidal. You can see everything possible about the wreck here with a highball, cigar and not trapped without air.

Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before

21 posted on 06/21/2023 9:32:27 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: V_TWIN

I wonder if they’ve thought about rebooting the router?


22 posted on 06/21/2023 9:32:31 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: z3n

> I don’t understand what these rich idiots were supposed to be getting out of this whole thing anyway <

That was my thought as well. There are quite a few high-resolution videos of the Titanic wreck on the internet. If you are that interested, grab a beverage of your choice and watch them.

Then maybe donate a few dollars to your favorite charity.


23 posted on 06/21/2023 9:33:12 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: z3n

Ego.


24 posted on 06/21/2023 9:33:39 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: caww

Plenty of time to sue the **** out of some prideful maniac’s estate.

Show a little decency for the families of the people he took with him and at least wait until after the funerals, which is what sounds like is happening here.


25 posted on 06/21/2023 9:34:22 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Oh, the mad fools!")
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To: libertylover

“I read where they might have had 4 days of oxygen “

It has been on every story 24/7.


26 posted on 06/21/2023 9:34:25 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Red Badger

Post 8 confirms wireless


27 posted on 06/21/2023 9:34:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: EliRoom8

If you look at pics of one of the dives you will see condensation dripping from the roof due to non existent environmental controls. Add in a cheap video game controller that could short out due to moisture for controls, a propulsion system that looks barely adequate to maintain attitude, much less maneuver against a current and a combustible 100% oxygen environment with no special flammability rated electronics and flammable carbon composite hull and it’s a miracle if something does not go wrong


28 posted on 06/21/2023 9:34:47 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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29 posted on 06/21/2023 9:36:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: rdcbn1

It was a disaster waiting to happen..................


30 posted on 06/21/2023 9:36:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: libertylover
... so the video game controller might not have anything to do with it.

It probably doesn't. But it's an alarming indication of just how stupid, shortsighted and slack the whole planning and operation of the vessel has been.

31 posted on 06/21/2023 9:37:18 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: EliRoom8; All

CEO is on record saying he hires exclusively twenty something DEI. No white, 50 something men with mariner experience need apply.


32 posted on 06/21/2023 9:38:41 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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“I just looked it up. To my surprise, it’s not all that unusual. US submarines use those controllers too.”

Only for “periscope” operation. Not used for sub control.


33 posted on 06/21/2023 9:38:58 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: z3n

I agree. There are videos of the Titanic wreckage where you can probably see as good or better than those folks would be able to see. Now their loved ones will probably have to grieve.


34 posted on 06/21/2023 9:39:06 AM PDT by Nea Wood (Screw diversity. Celebrate excellence. )
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To: AbolishCSEU

Bet his last thoughts were that he wished he had a “do over” on that one.


35 posted on 06/21/2023 9:39:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OKSooner

Enough professionals have spoken out ‘unfavorably’ about this venture. But they can’t sue the guy. Plenty of letters warning about this happening so it wasn’t news to him....which is why the lengthy forms they had to sign before the dive. ....they all knew the risk without question.

You can call it exploration all they want to but they wanted “the ride” and so took it. I hope they make it out alive but what a horrible way to go if they don’t.


36 posted on 06/21/2023 9:40:25 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: libertylover

I know absolutely nothing about submersibles....I did however support US Naval aviation working for the DoD at the depot level. In terms of Navy aircraft having redundant safety system backups, there are backups to the backups to the backups in many places.

I seriously doubt this thing had many, if any at all.


37 posted on 06/21/2023 9:40:33 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Bonemaker

Yeah, thanks for that. Personally, I saw everything I needed to see re the Titanic at the Titanic Museum in Branson, MO.


38 posted on 06/21/2023 9:40:33 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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39 posted on 06/21/2023 9:42:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EliRoom8

What an absolute nightmare. I don’t even want to think about what the passengers are going through if they’re still alive. It reminds me of stories of people being buried alive.


40 posted on 06/21/2023 9:43:44 AM PDT by windsorknot
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