Posted on 06/20/2023 6:40:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
Looks like a click-bait headline.
There is zero reference to any US interference in the article.
The XBOX controller for the mast is for convenience. They have a milspec certified way other than the controller to operate the mast.
You do not mess around with submersibles, nothing wrong with convenience but it is insane to make such a device the primary means of operation and reliability.
Do they have an accurate current location? If not, that's the 1st problem they need to solve. Everything else is secondary.
They have no information on the location. Honestly the moment they lost comms and could not restore them I find it extremely unlikely someone in charge did not already know this submersible was a lost cause.
Given in a power loss it is supposed to automatically surface I would assume it has a means to broadcast its surfaced location in such an emergency.
That leaves only the likely result of it continuing to sink after the loss of comms.
One would think that a submersible like this would have layers of safety devices. ongoing pinging location devices etc. Finding this should never be an issue. Even in the event of a catastrophic failure, an outside pinging device should be working even if separated from the ship by explosion etc.
Approximately 5400 lbs p/sq in.
Watch the video. I wouldn't assume they had any sort of backup systems/redundancy, contingency plans, or anything else. The whole operation and the submersible are almost comically inadequate in every way.
>How many PSI at 13,000 ft below sea level?
Roughly 5791psi
Just about everything that is advertised to us is about getting thrills. YOLO, go for the gusto, and if you only have one life, live it as a blonde. So many die just seeking a simple thrill....
Ya, I have that sense as well, my statement was more of what should be the case and can be the case engineering wise, not what actually is.
Again as it is supposed to surface automatically on a power loss such a surface can literally result in the boat being many miles away, not having a finder on it is negligence if that is the case.
As we are seeing though, there appears to be a lot of opportunity for negligence in this craft.
Here’s my work :)
13000ft / 33ft/1ATM * 14.7psi/1ATM = 5790.90909090909
Right. The video on YouTube, where an NBC reporter went on a dive, shows what a slipshod device and operation it is. It is unbelievable to me that anyone would willingly get into that thing and dive to 13,000 feet, AND pay $250k for the privilege. This is especially stupefying when unmanned submersibles can capture high resolution pictures and videos, without risking anyone's lives.
Sea surface conditions: relatively calm vs rough seas makes finding such a small craft before the oxygen expires difficult to almost impossible, if there is no functioning locating device.
What a great view!
“...it has emerged”??
“to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view. a diver emerging from the water.”
They should choose better words.
I couldn’t do it..
I can think of a lot better ways to spend 250 large while I look at photos of Titanic in National Geographic.
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