“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.
If the capsule breached through the CF hull, the only thing they’ll ever find is the titanium endcaps. The CF hull would have powdered.
“It is said there is a fine line between guts and stupidity.”
But is that really true? I think folks that risk their lives by going into space have guts and the risk/reward factor plays heavily there. The reward being knowledge that could some day benefit mankind. But going down to the bottom of the ocean in a mini-sub to view an infamous sunken ship? I see no real reward there and nothing but risk. It doesn’t compute.