Ohio man plans to take a 2-person submersible to Titanic depths to show the industry is safe after the OceanGate tragedy

businessinsider com ^ | May 27, 2024 | Sinéad Baker

[Red Badger]

I hope his life insurance is paid up...................

[mass55th]

I hope he’s not using a game controller made in China to pilot that sub.

[wildcard_redneck]

Does Patrick Lahey, the cofounder and the CEO of the submersible manufacturer Triton Submarines, hire 50 year old white men to engineer his subs? If he doesn’t anyone would be a fool to ride in his subs.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Darwin is watching.

[doorgunner69]

“Ohio man plans”

In a moment of dyslexia, I read that as “Ohio trans man”

[MinorityRepublican]

Where’s the florida man?

[Ciaphas Cain]

The Navy submarines patrolling the Atlantic will no doubt hear a dramatic underwater "POOF!" from the Titanic's vicinity on the day that submersible goes down.

The Titanic should be left to be. We have gained as much information as we were bound to find from her, now almost forty years since Robert Ballard discovered the wreck. How many people have visited her since then and in doing so caused even more damage to her?

Titanic should be left alone for all time. Let the sea erode her gracefully away.

[suasponte137]

4000 meters...which is the max depth for the submersible if I read it right...is just 200 meters more than the Titanic depth.

I guess nothing says “fun” like testing the max load of piece of machinery, where its potential failure means that you are crushed instantly and left at the bottom of the black abyss of the north Atlantic.

Sign me up!

[bray]

Who drew the short straw to ride with him?

[Magnum44]

[dblshot]

He’s down for the cause.

[MplsSteve]

“I guess nothing says “fun” like testing the max load of piece of machinery, where its potential failure means that you are crushed instantly and left at the bottom of the black abyss of the north Atlantic.”

LOL. True.

[Red Badger]

Some things man should just leave alone.

The Titanic is one of them....................

[NorthMountain]

Game controller would be the least of his worries. The real problem is using a hull construction material that is strong in compression. That rules out, for example, carbon fiber composite.

[Billthedrill]

Well...at least this one has seats...

[x]

Yes, it won’t happen again.

Cardboard and duct tape have made miraculous advances since June 2023.

[ridesthemiles]

SOOOOOOO who is signing up to be the other passenger???

[RetiredTexasVet]

Insanity ... doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.

[Qwapisking]

“where’s the Florida man”? even Florida Man isn’t dumb enough to take this trip. Florida woman? maybe.