Posted on 05/28/2024 1:00:18 PM PDT by lowbridge
An Ohio real-estate investor is planning to take a two-person submersible down to Titanic-level depths to prove that the journey can be carried out safely following the Titan sub's implosion last year.
The investor, Larry Connor, told The Wall Street Journal: "I want to show people worldwide that while the ocean is extremely powerful, it can be wonderful and enjoyable and really kind of life-changing if you go about it the right way."
He's working with Patrick Lahey, a cofounder and the CEO of the submersible manufacturer Triton Submarines.
They aim to show that such an expedition can be carried out repeatedly and safely despite the implosion of the OceanGate sub in June, which killed all five people on board, including the company's CEO, Stockton Rush.
Lahey said that Connor called him a few days after the implosion and said: "'You know, what we need to do is build a sub that can dive to [Titanic-level depths] repeatedly and safely and demonstrate to the world that you guys can do that, and that Titan was a contraption.'"
Connor, who has been to the Mariana Trench, the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, said they planned to do the journey in a two-person vessel called the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer, named "4000" for the depth in meters it can reach. He did not say when the trip would take place.
Lahey was one of the many industry figures who criticized OceanGate before and after the disaster, accusing it of questionable safety standards.
After the implosion, he described Rush's approach to persuading people to get on board as "quite predatory."
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A former chief submersible pilot for the company said years before the fatal trip that he was worried Rush would get himself and others killed in a "quest to boost his ego."
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Let us know how that works out.
...let’s get Mikey!
No matter how deep we go under water, however, the signal delay will be negligible. A craft with arms could be operated by someone on shipboard who would have a better view from a camera signal shipside as someone looking out a porthole inside the underwater craft.
The only reason to put a human so far down is for human interest which might increase funding and TV revenues
The stainless steel balls are the pressure vessel. The fiberglass skin covers the skeleton and external equipment only.
The Navy isn’t stupid ... unlike the people who built a submarine out of carbon fiber ...
I worked on the DSRV 2 yrs and it was so antiquated I was stunned. Just something like a 1960’s Indy Car, all manuel switches,old control knobs.Im sure there was A computer but I never saw it while sitting in the Pilots seat. Submariners are a unique bunch and that’s putting it mildly !
The DSRV was rated to 5000 Ft.
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That ain’t nothing.
Fatal Flaws: The OceanGate Story | Full Documentary (2024)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlsrE3lG_M
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