it sounds like other submariners think from where the parts of the sub were that rush knew what was happening before it happened and started taking emergency measures to ascend. hopefully he didn’t terrify those poor people before they died.
Titanic tourist sub goes missing
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I believe it was the Orcas continuing their games with us.
Our submarines are going to be the weapon most deadly in the coming orca wars. Attacking from the depths that they cannot reach
A good sense of humor always comes in handy when catching the deads.Good news, everyone!
Need to have good comedic timing for a ‘whoopsie daisy!’ Right before you and all of your passengers are turned into slurry.
I saw James Cameron mention yesterday that he'd learned the Titan dropped its ballast weights just before the implosion. The only reason they'd have done that would be if they'd realized something was wrong and attempted an emergency ascent. If true, it turns the tragedy into a nightmare. I don't even want to think about being in that tiny tube and hearing or even feeling the carbon hull failing before implosion. Knowing full well what was occurring. 
Would not surprise me that it'd make some cracking sounds thru that 8" CF shell before imploding. But would not be a lot of time IMO once the failure started.I saw James Cameron mention yesterday that he'd learned the Titan dropped its ballast weights just before the implosion. The only reason they'd have done that would be if they'd realized something was wrong and attempted an emergency ascent. If true, it turns the tragedy into a nightmare. I don't even want to think about being in that tiny tube and hearing or even feeling the carbon hull failing before implosion. Knowing full well what was occurring.
Have they said what the tapping was? Kinda weird something consistently tapped every 30 minutes.
I thought they said that kid didn't really want to go?
The aunt said that but he was going to set a Guinness world record on the Rubik’s cube down there and so I think he did want to go
If they find a solved Rubik's Cube in the debris field, will that then count towards a record?
Pretty sure the word used was terrified. I'm wondering if the mom is honest here
The 19 year-old didn’t get a chance to live his life. He experienced a terrifying last few hours of his life to appease his egomaniac father.
That is the only part of this story that I consider a tragedy; otherwise I think it’s kinda funny, like all the other Darwin Award stories we laugh about. And yes, I’ll bet they all had their own mostly-useless timesucks.
There were no "last few hours" if I had to guess. Im guessing it cracked and imploded almost immediately.
Ehh there are reports out that the passengers were likely aware there was a problem. I think the last message the crew sent was that they were dropping their ballast.
Still baffles me why you would build a deep-sea vessel using composites.
Composites are primarily used in tensile strength applications, where they have higher stiffness and strength than most other materials (metals/alloys).
They are not as good in compressive applications.
Materials such as concrete and ceramics usually have a higher compressive strength, but lower tensile strength. Conversely, composites typically have higher tensile strengths than compressive strengths. Composites loaded in compression may buckle, kink or crush.
As I understand it, the endcaps of that vessel were the titanium, and the cylindrical hull was the composite. Which would put that composite cylinder under immense compressive strain with the endcaps pushing inward along the cylindrical axis.
Maybe there was something I don't understand about their design, and how they expected this to be "overcome" and safe. But it sure isn't how I'd be loading a composite structure... and my civil/structural engineering knowledge is pretty basic, as in a couple semesters or so of work; not a field I have a ton of experience in. I'd think twice before building something like this with composites....
Composites are primarily used in tensile strength applications, where they have higher stiffness and strength than most other materials (metals/alloys).
They are not as good in compressive applications.
Materials such as concrete and ceramics usually have a higher compressive strength, but lower tensile strength. Conversely, composites typically have higher tensile strengths than compressive strengths. Composites loaded in compression may buckle, kink or crush.
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As I understand it, the endcaps of that vessel were the titanium, and the cylindrical hull was the composite. Which would put that composite cylinder under immense compressive strain with the endcaps pushing inward along the cylindrical axis.
Maybe there was something I don't understand about their design, and how they expected this to be "overcome" and safe. But it sure isn't how I'd be loading a composite structure... and my civil/structural engineering knowledge is pretty basic, as in a couple semesters or so of work; not a field I have a ton of experience in. I'd think twice before building something like this with composites....
I laughed out loud...and yes, I know I'm going to hell if there is indeed one
I’m still wondering if the solving of the Rubik’s cube was a coping thing or if he decided it would be fun to do. Poor kid either way. The hubris of the rich….
Apparently your guys in Honduras was an acquaintance of Rush and warned him about his hasty dives.
https://www.insider.com/submersible-expert-oceangate-ceo-hull-defect-will-only-get-worse-2023-6
They turned into a dust real fast and then got mixed in with the ocean water. Maybe Gwyneth Paltrow will bottle them.
Wow! That is him, Karl Stanley. His sub operation on Roatan is Stanley’s submersible. Interesting guy. I never got in his sub but did enjoy chatting with him and looking at some of his pictures and videos while knocking down some cold Salva Vidas (one of the local Honduran brews)
"We worked with aerospace experts at the University of Washington, NASA, and Boeing." That's great! Let's partner with a bunch of people who specialize in working in air and space where we have low pressure.
The report yesterday is that they have human remains. Who knows what it is but seems strange
