As an engineer I can say the Titan was a POS with lipstick on it.
Agreed. They were absolutely insane to use carbon fiber/titanium threads. Carbon fiber doesn’t deform like metals. It shatters catastrophically when it goes beyond its tolerances. There is simply no way that I would bet my life on this design.
A carbon fiber shell could be crushed by he weight of atoddler with the resin. Who would enter a submarine held togther with glue?
From what I’ve been hearing the company cut corners all over the place and avoided certification because they knew it would fail.
If all that proves to be the case, what led to this incident is nothing less than gross negligence IMO.
With all due respect, I don’t think you have to be an
engineer to realize that, and I didn’t sleep at a
Holiday Inn last night.
The guy that built it was as irresponsible as he
could be. Four other people bought the farm on his
word it would be safe.
The controllers alone would have sent me back home on
the day of launch.
Thanks for your post. Good to hear from someone who
is an engineer.