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Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic

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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
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    #160

    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.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #161

      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?

      Education is extremely important.

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        #162
        1. It gives a real world opportunity for training and experience in deep sea salvage and rescue. The experience may save lives some day.

        2. 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.

        The Brad

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        • HoraceH 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?

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          @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?

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • JollyJ 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?

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            Horace
            wrote on last edited by
            #164

            @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.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • HoraceH 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?

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              #165

              @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?

              Attending DEI training?

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #166

                I'm all in favor of billionaires going diving in sight-seeing submarines, as long as they name me next-of-kin.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • MikM Offline
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                  I guess there must be a market for very rich people to do very dangerous things.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    #168

                    The flavor of boredom felt by a person who can have anything money can buy, might feel existential.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • 89th8 Offline
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                      #169

                      "Let me show you it's safe" is one of the great ironic phrases throughout history.

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        #170

                        "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/

                          These are five key questions that still need to be answered.

                          Did the passengers know the dive was going wrong?

                          Which part of the Titan sub failed?

                          Did ocean sounds distract from the search?

                          Why were safety concerns ignored by Oceangate?

                          Why did the authorities allow Titan to dive?

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                            Photo of subarmine (or what was left of it) on bottom of ocean

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                            • JonJ Jon

                              The sonobuoys are going to pick up any unnatural pattern. They're designed to find the quietest subs in the world.

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                              @Jon said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:

                              The sonobuoys are going to pick up any unnatural pattern. They're designed to find the quietest subs in the world.

                              This is what was heard 900 miles away:

                              Link to video

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