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re: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:32 pm to Jorts R Us
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:32 pm to Jorts R Us
pretty sure the LP gas tank at my dad’s fishing camp was bigger than that
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Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:33 pm to GEAUXT
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I just can't imagine a scenario where I would allow myself to be sealed in that fricking thing
Same.
Even though it had dozens of successful dives, frick all that.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:44 pm to 777Tiger
Nah. It was ordered from the back pages of Boys Life.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:46 pm to BottomlandBrew
Probably one of Goofus’ scams
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:52 pm to 777Tiger
Confused. Where is the boat that launched the submersible? Does it just take off? When it comes back up who picks it up? Isn’t the launch boat in the area it should be? Explaining it to me like I’m 5.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:53 pm to crap4brain
Sounds like a lot of corner cutting...
At the meeting Lochridge discovered why he had been denied access to the viewport information from the Engineering department—the viewport at the forward of the submersible was only built to a certified pressure of 1,300 meters, although OceanGate intended to take passengers down to depths of 4,000 meters. Lochridge learned that the viewport manufacturer would only certify to a depth of 1,300 meters due to experimental design of the viewport supplied by OceanGate, which was out of the Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy (“PVHO”) standards. OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters.
Given the prevalent flaws in the previously tested 1/3 scale model, and the visible flaws in the carbon end samples for the Titan, Lochridge again stressed the potential danger to passengers of the Titan as the submersible reached extreme depths. The constant pressure cycling weakens existing flaws resulting in large tears of the carbon. Non-destructive testing was critical to detect such potentially existing flaws in order to ensure a solid and safe product for the safety of the passengers and crew.
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At the meeting Lochridge discovered why he had been denied access to the viewport information from the Engineering department—the viewport at the forward of the submersible was only built to a certified pressure of 1,300 meters, although OceanGate intended to take passengers down to depths of 4,000 meters. Lochridge learned that the viewport manufacturer would only certify to a depth of 1,300 meters due to experimental design of the viewport supplied by OceanGate, which was out of the Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy (“PVHO”) standards. OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters.
Given the prevalent flaws in the previously tested 1/3 scale model, and the visible flaws in the carbon end samples for the Titan, Lochridge again stressed the potential danger to passengers of the Titan as the submersible reached extreme depths. The constant pressure cycling weakens existing flaws resulting in large tears of the carbon. Non-destructive testing was critical to detect such potentially existing flaws in order to ensure a solid and safe product for the safety of the passengers and crew.
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Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:54 pm to SA4LSU
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can definitely concede to being wrong but if you’re going to send a vessel three miles down in the ocean one would think you would want to keep track of its whereabouts. We track much less valuable things a lot closer. We are talking loss of lives here.
It was equipped with air tags.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:55 pm to LSUBoo
I’d rather take my chances storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day than ride in that sub to the bottom of the ocean. Even if they do find them on the bottom alive they’re screwed. Apparently there are only three or four submarines in the world that can travel to that depth and none are powerful enough to retrieve and bring another sub back to the surface. The only survivable scenario it seems is a search team finds them floating on the surface before they run out of oxygen. Not good.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:58 pm to lsuwins3
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Explaining it to me like I’m 5.
The ocean is huge. They lost communication with the submersible and the sub could literally be anywhere. Like looking for a needle in a haystack if the haystack was the size of North America. Also the sub might not even exist anymore.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 6:08 pm to GoRuckTiger
quote:Well you’re an idiot then. This is the first incident like this that’s happened since the wreck was discovered 40 years ago.
I’d rather take my chances storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day
Yeah it’s dumb to go on it but it’s nowhere near as dangerous as being in Normandy on fricking D-Day
This post was edited on 6/20/23 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 6/20/23 at 6:11 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Yeah it’s dumb to go on it but it’s nowhere near as dangerous as being in Normandy on fricking D-Day
Are you sure about that?
How many total people rode on this vessel to that depth? How many survived vs. how many died?
How many total people stormed Normandy? How many survived vs. how many died?
Posted on 6/20/23 at 6:15 pm to Woodlands Tigah
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No they cannot open it from the inside
U Toob
I just watched that video. Holy crap that is some busch league engineering. I can't believe these people spent a quarter of a million rolling the dice to see some rusted metal on the ocean floor.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 6:26 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
But if they had a launch boat isn’t that the general area to start to look. Like when people go scuba diving.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 6:47 pm to Henry Jones Jr
How many subs actually went down there? I’d imagine not many if these guys don’t survive statistically you’d have a better shot in Normandy more than likely
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:00 pm to SWLA92
I'm sure it's been posted somewhere in this thread, but how many times have they sent a sub down there?
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:09 pm to sicboy
I'm going with the theory they are alive and well and just scouring the ocean floor looking for the diamond the old lady tossed overboard.
Why else pay $250Gs to ride in a small tube?
Why else pay $250Gs to ride in a small tube?
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:15 pm to sicboy
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I'm sure it's been posted somewhere in this thread, but how many times have they sent a sub down there?
Multiple. It’s the shell of the Cyclops 2 I believe but they renamed it.
It also went to depths past the Titanic depth in the Bahamas last year I believe.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:25 pm to bigpapamac
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The ocean is huge. They lost communication with the submersible and the sub could literally be anywhere. Like looking for a needle in a haystack if the haystack was the size of North America.
Seems like they could fit it with some sort of location detection? Just feels like they could somehow..
quote:we talking Megalodon?
Also the sub might not even exist anymore.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:36 pm to SEClint
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Also the sub might not even exist anymore.
we talking Megalodon?
Implosion.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:37 pm to idlewatcher
Few years back while on a cruise to Cozumel we did a submarine excursion along the edge of the Cozumel trench. It freaked me out to see that dark 2000’ drop. I immediately was thinking how I’d hate to fall into that.
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