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Well, after this debacle, the company and the engineers associated with it are toast.

I wonder how that affects innovation.

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You can’t even escape woke 2 miles under the sea.

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I am absolutely laughing.

Even moreso because the skipper is the CEO of OceanGate.

Never a better example of karma in real life.

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For real. This whole situation had Darwin Award and Murphy’s Russian Roulette written all over it and they all should have realized it.

James Cameron does treks like this all the time. But his submarine costed north of 200 million bucks and was designed for this exact sort of environment with dozens of backups.

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To be fair, this submersible looked like it was engineered and constructed by some Mississippi methheads. How innovative was it really?

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Well, it’s making world headlines. What have you done lately? :wink:

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Not killed myself and four other people.

But you’re right. The ceo will live in the collective consciousness of humanity forever.

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If ya can’t be famous, ya may as well be infamous. :rofl:

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Not at all likely. Beneath the effect of waves and swell, the water is dead calm and the probability of encountering an animal in mid Ocean capable of disturbing the vessel or running into large debris suspended in the water that is big enough to decelerate its movement is extremely remote. And so what if they got rattled? At the velocity they move through the water (2-1/2 hrs to go 12,500 ft. ~ 85 fps,) it would be pretty insignificant.

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A giant squid could have grabbed it. Maybe a giant octopus grabbed it to inspect? One never knows. Yes, yes, I know, unlikely.

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Like a Kraken perhaps? :wink:

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I am certain you know more than I do about deep ocean hazards.

I still think they were crazy to not have seats and seatbelts.

The toilet looks like a bowl with a cover…and a screen for privacy???

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Could have been an errant plastic bag full of plastic straws that disabled the ballast.

These theories are less crazy than actually riding in that coffin.

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I found this :wink:

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The toilet is exactly that … purchased at Camping World. What do you expect for a measly $250k? However, it also doubles for a seat by the window. :wink:

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This thing has a carbon fiber hull. I did not know that. Anyone familiar with it? Some bike frames are made from it, among other things. What happens when carbon fiber fails?

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From what I hear tonight, unless the submersible is actually floating at sea somewhere, there is really no hope of rescue, because the only ship in the region capable of lifting her from underwater won’t get to the area for another 2 to 3 days.

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It is hard for me to imagine how something this bad and this preventable could happen in 2023. The whole thing is unbelievable. Is it that there is no regulation of ■■■■ like this?

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Regulation? Why should there be.

I could see a requirement for commercial ventures to post bond for the possibility of needing a rescue … or body recovery.

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