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Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic

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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?

    Attending DEI training?

    Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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

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            • MikM Away
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              "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

              "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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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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                      Interesting interview with the widow of the guy and son who were on the sub.

                      Walking into Christine Dawood’s kitchen, it’s impossible not to be drawn to the model Titanic in the centre of the room. Sitting in its own glass-fronted cabinet, the Lego ship is almost 1.5 metres long, constructed of 9,090 of the iconic plastic bricks. Dawood’s 19-year-old son Suleman spent almost two weeks building it. “People are always a bit shocked to see it,” she admits. “But what was I going to do? Break it up? Hide it away? Suleman put all those hours in. He’d been fascinated with the Titanic since we went to a huge exhibition when we lived in Singapore.“

                      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/my-husband-and-son-titan-submersible-christine-dawood-what-happened

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