A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic
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A search is underway for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Canadian officials say the five-person submersible was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John's, Newfoundland and that the search is being led by the U.S. Coast Guard. The owner of the ship that launched the submersible confirmed that it was operated by OceanGate Expeditions, which has been operating annual voyages since 2021 to the wreckage of the iconic ocean liner. In a statement, the company said it is working to bring the crew back safely.
Onii-Chan
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Built with shit from Home Depot, controlled with a literal Logitech game controller, construction pipes as ballast… holy fuck, why would anybody agree to go 3.7km below the ocean in that deathtrap?

Hope the pilot tried ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️ start

Imagine paying $250k and the pilot pulls out the player 2 controller

Jesus, is that really what they’re using? 😳

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lmao for real. Couldn’t even fork out for a first party controller.

Those Logitech controllers are actually pretty decent. I’ve had one for ages and it’s still going strong.

And it’s easily replaceable in case of failure. Of all the design shortcuts this one isn’t bad.

Made out of a fiberglass tube (catastrophic failure) and titanium end caps (cracks) instead of steel.

“Steel is real.”

Pigeon
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Titanium cracks under pressure, I take it?

Or is the join between the cap and the fiberglass body potentially more of a problem?

I would be worried about both. Joining two very different materials that need to deal with crazy pressures seems like a really bad idea.

Add temperature changes as you dive.

Good point!

PoopSnatchXtreme
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bUt iT wAs dEsIgNeD wItH NASA iNpUt

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I mean, anything will crack under pressure. The biggest issue I see is uneven compression of the two materials coupled with different fatigue behaviors. I’d feel a lot safer if the whole submarine was titanium, honestly. Barring that, a couple inches of solid steel would be just as comforting.

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Everything cracks under pressure, I’m not exactly sure what the above commenter is getting at. If the sub was steel the walls would be thinner. With titanium the walls are thicker. Without knowing the dimensions of the material we can’t know whether it was built to high enough standards.

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