News Titanic Tours Submersible missing in atlantic ocean

[MicroBrew]

The more I think about this, the more I wonder what the hell these guys were thinking

There were successfull dives with this submersible so the 3 'tourists' would've though: well others went in it and it was fine so we will be fine. We all think like this to some degree.

 

[Randlewand]

There were successfull dives with this submersible so the 3 'tourists' would've though: well others went in it and it was fine so we will be fine. We all think like this to some degree.

I am curious how many tests were actually run at this depth, if any

 

[The Catch-Wrestler]

There so many parts of the story that seem convenient, I get a weird feeling this is some sort of viral marketing test or something. The sub disappears and the people are "never heard from again" - maybe I'm just skeptical. "Oceangate" optimized for SEO and trending, the father and son tragedy, the cheap remote control, no transponder and seemingly terrible planning at every step. The SJW angle with the "old white men" comment... interesting to think about.

More likely is that these people actually sunk and died, but I can't help but wonder.

 

[Bojka]

Yeah I had read that about carbon fibre that it just shatters / dintegrates.

The acrylic window would have told them the vessel was going to implode.

Below quote from comments Stockton Rush made to a Mexican actor

'It’s acrylic – plexiglass,' Rush tells Estrada after being asked what the window mounted at the front of the Titan vessel is made of.

'It is seven inches thick and weighs about 80lbs. And when we go to the Titanic, it will squeeze in about three-quarters of an inch and just deforms,' he explains.

'And acrylic is great because before it cracks or fails, it starts to crackle so you get a huge warning if it’s going to fail.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...led-hes-broken-rules-make-lost-Titan-sub.html

Oh that's interesting. Maybe carbon fiber behaves the same way then. On one hand it would have been a fitting comeuppance to have an "oh shit" moment for the CEO.

 

[Pittie Petey]

There so many parts of the story that seem too convenient, I get a weird feeling this is some sort of viral marketing test or something. The sub disappears and the people are "never heard from again" - maybe I'm just skeptical.

Do you do recreational drugs?

 

[Bojka]

There so many parts of the story that seem too convenient, I get a weird feeling this is some sort of viral marketing test or something. The sub disappears and the people are "never heard from again" - maybe I'm just skeptical.

In the future we will have news stories about fictional people generated by AI. Probably...

 

[Randlewand]

I still cant believe the incompatancy in R&D. I'm sure the customers were told a very different story then the actual facts

 

[Randlewand]

Do you do recreational drugs?

Yes, but so were the designers of this sub

 

[milliniar]

That's what my wife and I were discussing last night. We sometimes have trouble connecting our phones to her car stereo, so why the hell would you trust bluetooth to pilot a submersible at the bottom of the sea?

If you're going to skimp on the control method, at least get a wired controller.

Ya the navy uses wired Xbox controllers.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/18/17136808/us-navy-uss-colorado-xbox-controller

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/19/16333376/us-navy-military-xbox-360-controller

 

[Randlewand]

Bluetooth is a huge fail

 

[deadshot138]

There so many parts of the story that seem convenient, I get a weird feeling this is some sort of viral marketing test or something. The sub disappears and the people are "never heard from again" - maybe I'm just skeptical. "Oceangate" optimized for SEO and trending, the father and son tragedy, the cheap remote control, no transponder and seemingly terrible planning at every step. The SJW angle with the "old white men" comment... interesting to think about.

More likely is that these people actually sunk and died, but I can't help but wonder.

Yeah they're probably all on the same island as the people who "died" in 9/11

 

[The Catch-Wrestler]

Do you do recreational drugs?

Define recreational.

 

[Randlewand]

Bluetooth is a huge fail

Even 12 year old Fortnite gamers know this. Wired is so much more reliable and consistent

 

[13Seconds]

Well, that's an unfortunate ending. RIP. Very stupid endeavor.

The most expensive suicide of all time

 

[MicroBrew]

I am curious how many tests were actually run at this depth, if any

Just saw the below article seconds ago:

Former Titan submersible passenger who took 4 dives in it, including to the Titanic, said communication with the surface ship was lost 'every single time'

Mike Reiss, a writer and producer for "The Simpsons," took the same voyage to the Titanic with OceanGate Expeditions last year.

"I took four different dives with the company, one to the Titanic and three off of New York City, and communication was lost, at least briefly, every single time," Reiss told CNN on Tuesday. "It just seems baked into the system. I don't blame the submarine as much as I blame deep water, but you would always lose it and come back."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/former-titan-submersible-passenger-took-213058052.html

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Momentary loss of comms is probably true for all submersibles, but in this case the mother ship did not hear from them for 8 hours before calling for help. In a previous incident they losts comms for 2 hours.

The Russian Mir submersible kept in constant contact with the mother ship on the surface while near the Titanic.

 

[Nigelbro]

That's what my wife and I were discussing last night. We sometimes have trouble connecting our phones to her car stereo, so why the hell would you trust bluetooth to pilot a submersible at the bottom of the sea?

If you're going to skimp on the control method, at least get a wired controller.

Can I see some nudes of your car stereo?

 

[Volador]

I get a weird feeling this is some sort of viral marketing test or something. The sub disappears and the people are "never heard from again" -

What the fuck are you talking about bro, lmao… it’s extremely well documented in every possible way that these people did what they did and went where they went. You believe you live in the truman show or something? And what do you expect to find at a depth of 4000m if the sub breaks under pressure other than scattered pieces of the sub? Like what would it take to convince you, finding the bodies compressed flat like little paperweights?

 

[RedBeard_]

this sorta shit is so stupid. Logitech has little to nothing to do with this. The company doesn’t design submarine controls, the idiot that ran the racket retrofitted a controller to do what he needed.

What is enormously stupid is that a submarine was designed to depend on working bluetooth to be controlled. That was frighteningly bad design, and it makes no sense for this to impact Logitech.

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

You know a movie is gonna be made on this.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Define recreational.

This aint a fucking spelling bee