My take is that French guy was finally convinced to go down after being quite critical of the vehicle. This may very well have been why Rush was on this particular trip too.
There's a big reason most ships and vessels are not made solely of carbon fibre - which can be incredibly strong in many circumstances. It has very mediocre compressive strength....A small ding or nick could compromise the entire structure at these pressures, maybe even something that is entirely unnoticeable.
I can’t even transport my carbon fibre bike on a hanging rack. It has to sit on a platform. It can’t tow anything. Poor tensile strength. Its light though.
Going down in something like that just baffles me.
It's incredible that James Cameron was by far and away the most knowledgeable and in the loop of any one that's spoken about the story since Sunday.
Already knew the outcome days before every one else, and diagnosed the fatal flaw as well.
His recent movie titles may be questionable but that man sure knows the deep sea.
Uhm, I did that in post 2.
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It's incredible that James Cameron was by far and away the most knowledgeable and in the loop of any one that's spoken about the story since Sunday.
Already knew the outcome days before every one else, and diagnosed the fatal flaw as well.
His recent movie titles may be questionable but that man sure knows the deep sea.
There were only 3 possible outcomes due 2 different reasons. It’s not hard to be right.
1) It was a flawed design and it imploded.
2) it lost power and sank all the way to bottom.
3) it lost power and was bobbing around a vast area of ocean.
The craziest and most interesting aspect to me, is how the air is compressed and then explodes to a 1000 degrees Celsius incinerating everything in its path then just back to sea water. I want a graphic of what this would look like.
I was going through some of the photos and something caught my eye, not sure if I'm off-base here though.
Am I seeing this right? Are those monitors screwed into the 'airtight pressure hull?'
I suspect there was an aesthetic inner shell for comfort that separates the structural hull from the people (also providing some insulation). Having said that....who knows...with the Playstation controller this looks like the secret space a 10 year old had under their bunk bed...
But...but...I love Rush! I mean once they lost contact with the sub that was surely a Distant Early Warning.
Well, everyone involved decided to Roll the Bones, show some Bravado and paid Big Money for this expedition. Turned out to be a Far Cry from what they expected, though, since Vital Signs were lost. Should've booked a Passage to Bangkok instead.
...I'll show myself out...
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A lot of people commenting that the passengers never knew it was coming, but according to that Cameron interview the sub had sensors to warn of hull compromise and he was under the impression they had initiated an emergency surfacing before the implosion.
It's quite possible that they knew they were in trouble, at least for a moment. This is all so terrifying to process either way.
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A lot of people commenting that the passengers never knew it was coming, but according to that Cameron interview the sub had sensors to warn of hull compromise and he was under the impression they had initiated an emergency surfacing before the implosion.
It's quite possible that they knew they were in trouble, at least for a moment. This is all so terrifying to process either way.
That same thought was going through my mind. Just that sound would have been terrifying, and they had enough time begin to rise. It is just like that engineer Stockton fired said, the alarms would sign seconds before a disaster. Cameron said they may have heard audio of the haul delaminating. I can't imagine.
My take is that French guy was finally convinced to go down after being quite critical of the vehicle. This may very well have been why Rush was on this particular trip too.
There's a big reason most ships and vessels are not made solely of carbon fibre - which can be incredibly strong in many circumstances. It has very mediocre compressive strength....A small ding or nick could compromise the entire structure at these pressures, maybe even something that is entirely unnoticeable.
The French guy is basically a part of this company. He's not a guest. He's been on almost every video and every dive this company has made through the years by being Rush's "expert" to give it more legitimacy to the actual guests.
