What Do You Think About This Mini-Sub deal?

[BillM]

I could think of so many other things to spend that on.

I'd own the house free and clear, and have workshop for all my toys tools... Have engines and transmissions overhauled in my cars... Oh, and of course, more toys tools.

 

[trekrok]

This would be one unpleasant end. I still don't understand how we could lose, as in not be able to find, the sub in 2023. Admittedly, my experience with subs in 2.5 mi deep ocean is limited.

 

[John6185]

It takes around eight hours for the sub to reach the Titanic and they lost contact one hour and 45 minutes into the descent. It's around 13,000 feet to the Titanic from the surface and they are making much ado about a billionaire on the sub as if he is the most important person-more important than the other passengers. All lives matter. I can't figure out how many feet the sub was into the descent, it depends on the rate of descent, whether they pushed to arrive earlier and spend more time at the Titanic or what. It really doesn't matter, what matters is that they find the sub quickly and in one piece.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

I was hoping that the title of this thread was about a Jersey Mikes two-fer deal.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

250K for a sub ride to the Titanic? These are billionaires that are lost, or parts of billionaire families. For most of us that 250K to them is less than consequential. To them it's less of a consequence than entrance fee to 6 Flags for me.

 

[Roy14]

Stupid articles all around. Dumb questions from the reporters. "Oh my gosh, you mean the hatch is sealed shut with 17 bolts that can be only removed from the outside?" at a depth of 12,000 feet it would be moronic to open the hatch. A styrofoam coffee cup is crushed to the size of a thimble at that depth. Even the passengers Rolex's will not survive, the average Modern Submariner can only survive a depth of 300 Meters or 1,000 Feet.

Could the passengers aboard the submersible be alive? Possibly assuming the passenger compartment is still intact, however the water is very cold at that depth.

Thank you for putting this in terms of Rolexes, I think the billionaire onboard would appreciate that.

 

[cowadle]

i think the point of the sealed hatch only being able to be opened from the outside is that even if they surface there isn't any escape. it could i guess float up on some distant shore someday but the folks inside will be trapped inside.

 

[Roadking Larry]

This would be one unpleasant end. I still don't understand how we could lose, as in not be able to find, the sub in 2023. Admittedly, my experience with subs in 2.5 mi deep ocean is limited.

I suspect that the submersible experience a catastrophic failure resulting in an implosion. The death of the occupants would have been nearly instantaneous and the vessel would have been torn apart leaving the debris scattered over a mile or more of ocean floor.

 

[bubbaturbo]

It takes around eight hours for the sub to reach the Titanic and they lost contact one hour and 45 minutes into the descent. It's around 13,000 feet to the Titanic from the surface and they are making much ado about a billionaire on the sub as if he is the most important person-more important than the other passengers. All lives matter. I can't figure out how many feet the sub was into the descent, it depends on the rate of descent, whether they pushed to arrive earlier and spend more time at the Titanic or what. It really doesn't matter, what matters is that they find the sub quickly and in one piece.

I think it only takes the sub about two hours to descend to the Titanic. There is some chatter about whether the view port was ever meant to be used at that depth.

 

[HillsideDesolate]