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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Pressure vessels are designed to withstand equal pressure from all sides but not neccessarily a direct attack on a single point like a simple battery powered drill could have on carbon fiber. If I got to the surface, I would just drill air holes in the top and hope water doesn't start coming in.
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Yeah, that's true. I know drilling carbon fibre can be tough by hand, but I guess with enough persistence it might be possible. Still though, who knows how stable that thing is on the surface after it has released its ballast. You might just end up causing it to sink again. And really, a functioning beacon would make that all mostly redundant. Once that thing is on the surface, it'd be pretty trivial to find it with that well before the oxygen ran out.