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Skimming the website, I assume this submersible is using electromagnetically attached drop-weights so that if anything goes wrong and power is lost, the weights drop off and the submersible floats up to the surface again? And 96 hours of life support sounds good, but unless there is another submersible nearby that can dive down, find them AND attach a line, the number of hours of life support will be irrelevant. Of c…
> mercilessly quickly mercifully quickly?
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I wonder if they award multiple Darwin awards at once?
I don't think it's stupid to expect that submersibles are well-engineered. I'd also imagine that the tourists trusted the reputation of the operator. Both the state of the equipment and that their safety checks and processes were stringent. Especially since they claimed to aid in the science. There aren't many priors for civilian submarine disasters.
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Is there the option of a one way ticket? Do they drop you off in the wreck of the Titanic and leave you there?
Maybe it's for if you want rescuing from the wreck.
Watched it as a kid, and it definitely stuck in my head. Quite impressive cast.
This appears to be the vessel in question: https://oceangate.com/our-subs/titan-submersible.html Pressure hull made from titanium and carbon fiber, capable of diving to 4000m (13,000 ft). I recall that one reason SpaceX switched from carbon fiber to stainless steel pressure vessels (fuel tanks) was the difficulty of detecting structural flaws. Can any engineers comment on whether that task is easier for a vessel expo…
> 13,000 ft titanic is at about 12500, according to wkikipedia - a bit close?
You would hope that would include a substantial safety margin.
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Two way ticket ..
Is there the option of a one way ticket? Do they drop you off in the wreck of the Titanic and leave you there?
We'd have to look at the details of the contract to see if half of the ticket price is refunded in the event that they bring you to the Titanic but don't bring you back to the surface.
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I don't think it's stupid to expect that submersibles are well-engineered. I'd also imagine that the tourists trusted the reputation of the operator. Both the state of the equipment and that their safety checks and processes were stringent. Especially since they claimed to aid in the science. There aren't many priors for civilian submarine disasters.
I'm not sure there's any particular reason to think that this is an extraordinarily dangerous activity relative to things like mountain climbing--even on many less extreme peaks.
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I wonder if they award multiple Darwin awards at once?
I don't think it's stupid to expect that submersibles are well-engineered. I'd also imagine that the tourists trusted the reputation of the operator. Both the state of the equipment and that their safety checks and processes were stringent. Especially since they claimed to aid in the science. There aren't many priors for civilian submarine disasters.
Seriously: this is off the charts dangerous, the reputation of the operator is as good as their last dive.