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]

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.

[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.

[jon-nyc]

@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?

[George K]

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

[Mik]

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

[Horace]

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

[89th]

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

[Mik]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time"

[taiwan_girl]

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?

[taiwan_girl]

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