Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic

Jolly

Sounds horrible, but wonder what those remains cost the American taxpayer?

jon-nyc

A dust mite on a gnat on a rounding error of our budget.

taiwan_girl

@Jolly said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

Sounds horrible, but wonder what those remains cost the American taxpayer?

Yeah, it was a big story and all, but they were on a private excursion, they were all (somewhat) rich.

If I were the king of the world, I would have let them RIP there in the ocean.

Mik

Agreed. What useful information relative to our society can be gained and at what cost? This is a pretty simple strength of materials question. The ones he used failed.

Horace

The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

LuFins Dad

It gives a real world opportunity for training and experience in deep sea salvage and rescue. The experience may save lives some day.
The money would have been spent anyway. The equipment was already built, the boats and the labor already paid for. May as well use it.

Jolly

@Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

Saving lives?

Horace

@Jolly said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

@Horace said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

The question is the opportunity cost. I doubt any checks were written from a general fund. What would the coast guardians have been doing instead?

Saving lives?

I hope no lives were lost to the absence of coast guard resources during this salvage operation. For practical purposes, I guess the coast guard was happy for the free marketing about the cool stuff they do.