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Edit: link to the Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/F1v1Mt5YmTk?feature=share
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872
Edit: link to the Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/F1v1Mt5YmTk?feature=share
pacmanownsyou
I'll be honest, it's the kind of thing I'd do if I wasn't absolutely terrified of doing it. I've been fascinated by the wreck ever since Bob Ballard's team found it. Super deep-sea exploration is inherently dangerous though, and the wreck has been steadily collapsing onto itself. Alvin landed on the deck in 86 but if someone tried that now they'd risk punching right through.
Seethreepeeoh
JAAAAACK
ICampOntheFirstDate
When the wreck was first discovered I recall there being some loud and repeated sentiment that it was to be treated with respect, with no pillaging or visiting for profit. Funny how that changes over time.
Isometimestakethingsliterally
Well thanks to climate change, we know it wasn't the iceberg this time.
Problemwoodchuck
Little known fact: Once icebergs have a taste for blood they become maneaters. Just because it melted into the ocean doesn't mean it's gone away, only biding its time and waiting for more unsuspecting humans to sail by.
TaliaDuci
Someone get Statham QUICK!!!
TooRexyForMyShirt
James Cameron: *heavy breathing*
TheMayoSlapper
He's already working on the movie.
CrisprCAS
The ocean is really out for the rich these days.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
'missing,' like they'll turn up at a beach bar in Bermuda drinking mai tais
LespritDeLescalier22
They were probably murmaidered
Problemwoodchuck
LespritDeLescalier22
Wait. A banana?
Problemwoodchuck
It was there when I stole the gif
RhamnusiaThePaladin
was it an orca or was the missing sub in the search party and didnt realize who they were looking for?
GrosseChung
“…submarine suffered a sudden blunt impact before comms were lost…”
amtronic
Please tell me Elon was on board.
TheMayoSlapper
I don't think so but word has it he's on his way with his own sub to rescue them 🥴
Nunyajonesinc
Bye
StandWithUkraine
Another tourist attraction next to the other tourist attraction.
QueefMalone
Does anyone know how much it costs? I was not aware of this as an activity. I have no monies, but interested in knowing how much these people paid.
TheMayoSlapper
Sounds like it costs $250,000 per ticket.
QueefMalone
Holy shit.
TheMayoSlapper
Yep, crazy money, but the cost helps cover the entire expedition so I guess it makes sense.
swiftkid66
I never knew there was a sight seaing tour of the Titanic. Also I would never do it because of the cost oh and the whole going supper deep underwater.
ps238principal
What if we offered you breakfast deep underwater instead?
CaldariBob
You mean down at brunch depth?
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
Nothing wrong with sight-seaing in the supper deep
swiftkid66
Thats what she said.
swiftkid66
Steak and eggs?
Chattafaukup
morningxafter
BoogieWoogieWookiee
If its only crew onboard, I feel bad for them; it has to be horror of the worst type. If it had a full crew of rich fucks, I... well, I still only feel bad for the crew.
Problemwoodchuck
Well, if the pressure hull buckled at depth I think they'd never even know what hit them, like a mountain landed on them.
pacmanownsyou
250k per person. Given the tech needed to reach the bottom, that's probably a bargain. But I expect it is indeed all rich fucks.
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Yeah. Honestly, with the cost of the tech, you'd think that including a simple tether would, you know, be a cheap way to avoid this sort of thing from happening in the first place.
pacmanownsyou
Two.and a half miles of tether strong enough to recover the sub would be absolutely massive. If it can't surface on its own, pulling up 23k pounds is no small feat at that depth. It'll require specialized recovery vessels and I bet they wouldn't be on station before the 4 days of air runs out. There are many reasons as simple as radio failure for loss of comms, but most of them are catastrophic. Loss of electrics and backups, rupture in the pressure hull...
LespritDeLescalier22
eek. All horrible ways to go
weirdcalculator
The submersible doesn't weigh 23k lbs in the water though. Even if the buoyancy control or hull ruptured, the force needed to slowly pull it to surface is much, much less than the dry weight of the vessel (and a redundant emergency flotation system seems like an obvious safety measure that would help as well). 2.5 miles of 3/8" EHS comes in at 3603 lbs and can safely exert 13,860 lbs of constant force, which would be more than enough. Not nothing but totally doable.