Posted on 02/26/2013 4:04:34 PM PST by Pan_Yan
NEW YORK (AP) — What could possibly go wrong? An Australian billionaire is getting ready to build a new version of the Titanic that could set sail in late 2016. Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship's namesake Tuesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. He said construction is scheduled to start soon in China.
Palmer said 40,000 people have expressed interest in tickets for the maiden voyage, taking the original course from Southampton, England, to New York. He said people are inspired by his quest to replicate one of the most famous vessels in history.
"We all live on this planet, we all breathe the same air and, of course, the Titanic is about the things we've got in common," he said. "It links three continents."
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And he might not want to make it exactly like the original.
Why not? Barry and Moochelle are SURE to be aboard on the maiden voyage...
I had never seen that picture of Monroe and JFK before.
Didn't get the right paste there.
Might not want to follow the exact course of the original.
Why not? Barry and Moochelle are SURE to be aboard on the maiden voyage...
Yep, this is the tragic fatal flaw in an otherwise laudatory enterprise. If it ends up like one of those Chinese bridges or skyscrapers, then they better have plenty of lifeboats this time around.
Having the obamas aboard knowing you are going to sink would be sh!++y enough.
That is what I was thinking. Since the Obamas like to appear everywhere including the Oscars, I’m hoping they appear on her first maiden voyage. Just maybe her rear end could be used as floatation device. =)
In China.
Hmmm ....
Hyundai Heavy Industries? Sure.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co? Sure.
China?
Not so much.
I'd die before I'd let her a.. save me.
“He said construction is scheduled to start soon in China. “
Even the most ardent Communist China supporter knows that you wont need an iceberg to sink this Titanic
Stay out the icebergs. :-)
Building it in Chingchang?! Never get ME on it. Judging by the level of toxic stuff in everything else that comes out of chingchang, that ship will contain so much toxic material, a five-night cruise could be enough to ruin one’s lungs, liver and kidneys. No thanks. I’ll stick with Royal Caribbean.
Only after they make sure everyone who wasn't a major campaign donor is locked in steerage.
I guess we’re safe then.
I did donate to a major campaign. It just wasn’t they ares.
“Billionaire Has Plans to Build Titanic Replica”
Evil billionaire has plans to build iceberg replica...
He should build a fiberglass iceberg that can follow it around, or at least make a close pass-by on every voyage.
Don’t tempt fate.
It was indeed. The real upshot is that to take that 25,000 ton vessel and slam it against an iceberg of almost infinitly larger mass at a land speed of about 25 miles per hour is always pretty much a bad idea.
Always felt bad for Captain Smith. He was below in his cabin asleep when the first officer, Murdoch bounced the ship off of the berg.
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