cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage sitewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·edit-219 hours agoTragic? Try “predictable” Please watch the Netflix documentary if you havent. The sub was never meant for that depth and they knew it. They could literally hear the carbon fibers snapping every dive. They had to retire an entire chassis because it failed at similar depths. Nahh, the tragedy is rich people think they are better than physics itself.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThe main issue with the Titan wasn’t as much the depth as it was cyclic loading
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoNo, it was entirely the depth. They tested it in the lab and saw many failures but never changed the design.
minus-squarearchitect@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoI think it’s more like what are the chances it fails while we’re in it? Fuck it.
minus-squareBoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoConsidering that is basically the only time it could fail, I would say the chances were pretty high.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·17 hours agoThe tragedy is that more of these rich people don’t test that belief against reality.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoAt least two billionaires keep firing rockets into space as a hobby. It’s only a matter of time.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoTrying to do extreme engineering on the cheap.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-215 hours agoit was DIY from start o finish on the craft. as opposed to spending 5-10mil on a spherical TITATANIUM sub. instead he used carbon fiber which was defective airplane parts.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours ago How many atmospheres can this ship withstand? Well it’s a spaceship airplane, so I’d say anywhere between zero and one."
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·20 hours agoThis was a reverse tragedy.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·19 hours agoThere was a tragedy. One billionaire forcing their child to die
Tragic?
Try “predictable”
Please watch the Netflix documentary if you havent.
The sub was never meant for that depth and they knew it.
They could literally hear the carbon fibers snapping every dive.
They had to retire an entire chassis because it failed at similar depths.
Nahh, the tragedy is rich people think they are better than physics itself.
The main issue with the Titan wasn’t as much the depth as it was cyclic loading
No, it was entirely the depth. They tested it in the lab and saw many failures but never changed the design.
I think it’s more like what are the chances it fails while we’re in it? Fuck it.
Considering that is basically the only time it could fail, I would say the chances were pretty high.
The tragedy is that more of these rich people don’t test that belief against reality.
At least two billionaires keep firing rockets into space as a hobby. It’s only a matter of time.
Trying to do extreme engineering on the cheap.
it was DIY from start o finish on the craft. as opposed to spending 5-10mil on a spherical TITATANIUM sub. instead he used carbon fiber which was defective airplane parts.
This was a reverse tragedy.
There was a tragedy. One billionaire forcing their child to die