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To: Cowboy Bob
Why is a Finnish firm designing the “Titanic?” Wasn’t it designed once, already?


On paper only, if the drawings are still around.

Nothing in a format that can get fed into a computer...:^)

25 posted on 02/27/2013 9:32:28 AM PST by az_gila
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To: az_gila

If they’ve got an old photograph, why don’t they just feed it into a 3D printer? They will have a new Titanic in no time (as long as they don’t run out of ink). And, since the photos back then were just Black & White, they’ll only have to paint the ship to be ready! :)


31 posted on 02/27/2013 9:50:43 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
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To: az_gila
Nothing in a format that can get fed into a computer...:^)

Actually, they can.
Not directly, but the process has been available for decades, and it can be accomplished in one tenth the time and manpower as the originals and, simultaneously produce modern manufacturing computer input for fabrication.

I would hope the "near identical" refers only to visible appearance, inside and out; it does NOT mean inferior metals, inferior propulsion and lack of modern stability controls.
A double hull, ultra-strong modern steels, better compartmentalization and safety systems are presumed to be incorporated, as well as all modern navigation equipment.

39 posted on 02/27/2013 11:56:28 AM PST by publius911 (Look for the Unin label, then buy something else.)
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