Posted on 06/21/2023 3:07:05 AM PDT by servo1969
Stockton Rush, unlike Bruce Ismay, had the courage of his convictions.
Well, for one, they switched from a Radio Shack TRS-80 motherboard controller to the much updated and very sophisticated Logitech PlayStation controller.
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Love the comment under it that says something to this effect: “This world is screwed up because it’s run by people like the CEO of that company.”
[Titan’s hull “showed signs of cyclic fatigue.”]
Yikes
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I wonder how many cycles it had actually been through... When I think of cyclic fatigue, it is usually associated with numbers in the thousands, millions etc.... not a half dozen or so. Does anyone know how many trips the sub had taken to the depth of the Titanic either in use or testing? Was an identical shell tested in the lab to repeated pressure cycling that matched (or hopefully exceeded) the pressure levels that it would experience at the Titanic? I would hope so...
I’m quite familiar with the mechanism of metal fatigue but for my own interest, I’m going to have to study up more on what fatigue even means for a ‘carbon fiber’ construction.
And the CEO said he wanted to use aerospace technology as the basis for his submersible vessels … and then promptly ignored one of the single biggest lessons NASA learned from an unfortunate tragedy (Apollo I).
Good thing the CEO didn’t want any “50 year old white guys” around.
The wireless game controller... lol wtf?
The novella — "The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility" by Morgan Robertson — boasted startling similarities to the sinking of the Titanic.The story follows the fictional ocean liner Titan, which ultimately hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks. And the name and circumstances of the plot aren't the only details that fit the real-life disaster — the History of the Net breaks down a number of striking connections between the real-life and fictional ships.
Like the Titanic, the Titan was described as the largest ship afloat at the time. In fact, the sizes and lengths of the ships are quite close, as well as the speed at which they crash into the iceberg. Both liners have a dangerous shortage of lifeboats. In the story, the Titan was both dubbed "unsinkable," and proceeded to sink on a cold April night.
The Titan's sinking resulted in the deaths of all 2,500 people on board, save 13. Over 1,500 people died on the Titanic, while 705 survivors made it out.
After the sinking of the Titanic, the book was reissued and Roberston was labeled a clairvoyant. He said that he simply was knowledgeable about maritime operations saying, "I know what I'm writing about, that's all."
Sounds like three or so (from other comments I’ve seen)
But I don’t actually know - one thread claims an early 4,000 meter test dive in the Bahamas (after then, the apparent damage)
[They were definitely tempting fate, naming it Titan. The Wreck of the Titan, published in 1898, 14 years before the sinking of the other fate-tempter:]
Oh, you gotta be kidding me..........
They're just walk-on actors.
And there will be many perplexed in the near future, wondering why that which was taken for granted, no longer works like it used to.
Committees shall be formed and errant conclusions reached which will be sanitized for political correctness.
Mark my words.
I’m not a fan of carbon fiber. I’ve had seen it in boats, kayaks, bicycles fail without warning. Yes, it is strong and light, but when it fails it shatters. This whole enterprise, sounds like something my friends and I would do, when we ten.
Not good
Hiring people based on their gender and/or color is flat out discrimination.
I thought that was against the law.
Hah...I crack myself up sometimes...
+1, yep
The CEO sounds like the type of personality who eagerly heads to the polls in order to vote reality away. Power to the people! A "Can Do!" attitude that is fake and dangerous because it is not built upon respect for the fundamental workings of natural law, or even the good sense God gave a turnip. In de Nile.
It's one unseemly story for what's coming to light about this whole "Gate" enterprise.
Phinneous, you might find this interesting, along with the general remarks that keep popping up out there -- words like cylinder (galil) and coffin (aron). The main attention-grabbing detail in this saga is that it's a carbon composite hull instead of a heavy metal [cylinder, coffin].
...these things are
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not made out of magic and everybody
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that's worked with carbon fiber in the
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past knows that it does not crack it
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shatters like a porcelain plate so
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whenever it does fail it fails quickly
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and unexpectedly...
I saw that. She was being an absurd tardo monkey.
Naming is what tempted fate but arrogantly ignoring good advice.
Hubris can overcome common sense.
Besides, that earlier claim was from 2018. What did they change or fix since then?
Apparently, not what they needed to.
Thank you. I think a few of such just wait around until they think they see an opening. Notice how no one else was criticized for saying the same things as I.
I’ve seen this behavior before on several occasions. There were notables. Most of such are no longer around.
Interesting - what kind of hull was it using, then?
;^)
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