Posted on 06/21/2023 6:41:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Explode = KABOOM!
Implode = MOOBAK?
Wait! What was the key control to restart the oxygen again?
I think it was Attack,down,down,up,Fire,back,back
No wait...you also have to hold the green button while doing that
3800m is probably about 12,500 feet.
Yep, it is. :)
If I was on the sub, the first thing I’d do is increase the air supply by 20% by offing this guy.
He was an expert on surface naval construction and the Titanic. He was not a subject matter expert in submarine vehicle construction - and several such SMEs plus those who are in the carbon fiber fabrication industry have commented about the bad layup technique chosen.
... in the dark, and waiting for your oxygen to run out. Not the best way to go.
That would have been the most merciful outcome.
This will get very complicated before it’s over.
More complicated that the submarine itself.
“... in the dark, and waiting for your oxygen to run out. Not the best way to go.”
Not to mention the sub has no toilet.
“I’d bet that the hull breached on Day 1.”
Agreed, perhaps they didn’t even make it to their destination. If the capsule was crushed they may find it on the bottom near the Titanic, however if the ballast mechanism was compromised and just enough air to keep it from hitting bottom it may well be carried away on the North Atlantic currents never to be found.
It is said there is a fine line between guts and stupidity.
There are some questions about the air handling system on board the vessel. And they didn’t have much water with them, so if they drank it all on the first day...
Not to mention:
batteries
passwords
OS upgrade
blue screen of death
or simply ... game over
Wasn’t he in the sub for this trip?
“He was an expert on surface naval construction and the Titanic”
I referred to him as a Titanic expert.
OTOH, as a veteran of over 35 deep sea dives to the Titanic he should have noticed something.
Flaws and residual stresses in the carbon shell degrade the buckling/collapse margins and the thick walls do not transfer loads well to the Titanium closures. The adhesive bonded joint configuration is really hard to execute without bond line defects such as voids, delaminations, porosity, bond line thickness variations, resin starved areas and other defects. Any misalignment of the bonded titanium end caps will really meet up the loads in the vessel. It is a real hard joint to get right
Yes, apparently. That wasn’t something I was aware of at the time of my first comment in this thread.
I can’t imagine the irony of firing your safety guy and then dying on your maiden voyage to the bottom of the sea.
“Stockton Rush, OceanGate’s CEO, said, “You know, there’s a limit. At some point safety just is pure waste. I mean if you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed. Don’t get in your car. Don’t do anything. At some point, you’re going to take some risk, and it really is a risk/reward question.
I think I can do this just as safely by breaking the rules.”
Apparently not.
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