It does sound silly, but the US Army/Navy are actually using these (slightly modified) controllers for machinery these days. Although, I don't believe they're using them to control submarines and the like.
Titanic Submersible
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And to what end do they go there for? It soon gets black dark and you get to peer though a small window when they turn on lights for an hour, I just do not get it. Outerspace tourism I understand as it must be spiritual but not the ocean bottom where it is inky black and the titanic looks like other shipwrecks but it happens to be famous
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This seems a little crazy that anyone
A simple tether ffs to the launch ship...if all else fails they can at least winch you up
A tether 12000 feet long, that can take the stress, along with a ship with winch that could do it that could get to that location within 3 days, ok lol. Seems plausible.
12000ft of 3/4 " steel cable..12000lb capacity..about 9 tonne
Yes ...doable but cost of support ship to handle the tether?...hmmm
I think the media is getting the P8 and the Aurora mixed up.
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Canada explores replacing fleet of Aurora aircraft with Boeing's P-8A Poseidon
The Canadian government said on Monday it has made a request through the U.S. foreign military sales program to explore the viability of buying 16 Boeing Co P-8A Poseidons to replace its aging fleet of CP-140 Aurora aircraft.
www.reuters.com
A whole bunch of super rich high value salary earners ride on a shitty, amateur sub that isn't in any way qualified to operate safely at any depth, let alone 12,000 feet.
I bet there's a lot of cash hungry heirs and wives who are phoning attorneys now to take a run at that waiver clause!!!
I bet there's a lot of cash hungry heirs and wives who are phoning attorneys now to take a run at that waiver clause!!!
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These billionaires have more than enough money to build their own submersible. Why take a ride on something somebody else built?
What is the likelihood of winning something like that? Apparently it said death multiple times on the front page. Same as a standard OR consent form.
I believe an Oceangate employee was fired for identifying safety problems with the vessel. If that turns out to be true and those same safety problems are found to have caused this disaster then I don’t think the release forms will protect Oceangate because they were signed under fraudulent circumstances.
If, on the other hand, it turns out that the submersible somehow got stuck in the debris of the Titanic then I think you are probably right as that would have been a reasonably foreseeable risk that the passengers consented to.
I’m not a lawyer but that would be my guess.
I'm thinking of that Chilean mining collapse in 2010 but they had many more options than the present situation.
2010 Copiapó mining accident - Wikipedia
2010 Copiapó mining accident - Wikipedia
I guess that also begs the question - how do you find out what happened with the sun to investigate and how much has already been “lost” in Oceangate’s records?
I think that former Oceangate employee whistleblower is still alive (for now)? He could testify in court if needed.
Missing Titanic submersible: Ex OceanGate employee David Lochridge alleges firing for raising concerns over lost sub in lawsuit - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)
