Posted on 06/20/2023 6:40:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
6,500 PSI
Not all designs work, regardless of materials.
If it’s just a communication glitch, then why didn’t they come back up when they were supposed to?
I don't know...speculation. Once they're underwater there was no gps...they get to where they were going from basically text messages from the surface.
Scientists and mappers, I get. But tourists? No.
Four tourists paying $250,000 each.
If I've done my sums correctly, that's a cool million per dive.
Surfacing optional.
The US Navy and others, I’m sure, have listening devices planted all along the sea floors to keep track of underwater traffic noises.
The USS Scorpion nuclear submarine was lost in 1968 off the coast of the Azores, with all hands.
Months later, during the investigation, they found that the implosion sound had been recorded by these devices, as the sub fell through ‘crush depth’. And that was using 1968 technology.
I guarantee you the US Navy knows at this point whether or not that sub is still functioning or has been crushed.................
It is possible that they are floating on the surface of water but hatch only opens from outside, same flaw as Apollo 1.
I would think that we would have an unmanned vehicle to send down to investigate.
“I would think that we would have an unmanned vehicle to send down to investigate.”
Unfortunately, that’s likely what will happen eventually, should the Titan not be found.
So what? Do we need a law against submarines? Maybe a government agency to regulate them and make sure they’re ADA compliant?
He was bragging the submersible was built with camping parts and totally operated by a video game controller.
250 thousand a person for a trip 12,500 ft below in the ocean in a tin can?
No thank you.
The lawsuits will be in multi-millions. So the $250K may not go far.
IIRC, those acoustic records were later destroyed.
Latest from the UK...
One article says they lost comms about 1:40 hours in.
As they did not return to the surface, this may indicate electrical was also lost.
Does not sound good...
The advert for the trip wasn’t lying. It was a “Once in a lifetime experience.”
Unless the submersible is bobbing on the surface of the ocean somewhere, I don’t see how there’s any possibility of a rescue. If that thing is stuck at the bottom where the Titanic’s wreckage is, or even halfway down, it’s basically as irretrievable as the Titanic.
The problem is: where is the nearest unmanned vehicle currently located, and how long will it take to transport it to the area that needs to be searched?
The “PlayStation controller” bit I can understand; the Virginia class nuclear attack sub uses an XBOX controller to control the periscope (which is these days a “photonic mast” - all electronic). Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to engineer something new and more expensive when a readily available item will work just as well.
Many people have died exploring the wreck of the Andrea Doria I suppose after 38 years after being discovered it’s Titanic’s turn to take more lives...
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