Tourist Trip to Titanic Terribly Turns Tragic

[Nicole44 22060]

This shouldn’t make me laugh but it is…if there were cell phones in 1912…

 

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

26 minutes ago, Horn Dogg said:

There’s not a black person on earth that is dumb enough to get in that homemade jalopy of a sub even if you paid them to go.  

Herschel might do it

[UTGrad98 2273]

5 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

The submersible's company CEO was also on board.

Former CEO

Edited June 20, 2023 by UTGrad98
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[Nicole44 22060]

 

[ReturnofNumber6 48]

One Ping Vasili ?

[Nicole44 22060]

 Lego collection is pretty sweet…

The thread on the below tweet is interesting (like I get it these five people are fucked…even if they are still alive they will run out of air at like 7 am EST Thursday…)

 

[Homercles 10205]

I bet if they’d used a Nintendo Wavebird instead of that knockoff bullshit chinesium XBox controller, they’d have made it back just fine.  Damn things are indestructible.  

[Nicole44 22060]

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I bet if they’d used a Nintendo Wavebird instead of that knockoff bullshit chinesium XBox controller, they’d have made it back just fine.  Damn things are indestructible.  

It’d have to be wired. Can’t trust the wireless controller they’re using

[Horn Dog 9855]

2 hours ago, DaggerHorns said:

Whomever heard any part of that pitch, the video, saw the video game controller, then consciously paid $250k for a tourist expedition, absolutely deserves to die.

2 hours ago, Deej said:

The same type of people who heard Steve Patterson’s pitch and paid him.

Too soon…

[InkaUtexas 25941]

So sub had how many USB ports? 

[Guadaloopy 10971]

7 hours ago, FartingMonk said:

The pressure transient would knock you out if not kill you first.  You wouldn't even have time to feel that water

Yep.  You become instantaneous diesel fuel until the water snuffs out the combustion.  If I were ever in a sub that was incapacitated,I would pray that it’s in water that exceeds crush depth.  Hot and fast is way better than cold and slow when it comes to inevitable death.  

[956 Worldwide 34715]

Lol, this is NOT the size of a minivan.

 

 

[Deej 76791]

14 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Lol, this is NOT the size of a minivan.

 

 

Holds fewer men than South Austin's mom. 

[Texzilla58 4736]

So sub had how many USB ports? 

It probably was using old Apple 30 pin connectors

The bank of TRS80’s was not enough brains for the operation

[InkaUtexas 25941]

56 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Lol, this is NOT the size of a minivan.

 

 

Yeah, I could think of better ways to spend $250K. Notice the band aid already? That shit was septic before it went down. 

[atomheartbevo 89668]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yeah, I could think of better ways to spend $250K.

I'm thinking that submersible paid itself off the first time somebody gave them $250,000 to go down in it.

[Superhero 8830]

14 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Lots of phobias being triggered lately in the news btw this story and the guy falling off the canyon skywalk and the town in Nevada overrun by crickets…damn.

 

 

[956 Worldwide 34715]

18 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I'm thinking that submersible paid itself off the first time somebody gave them $250,000 to go down in it.

“We’ve sealed off two ends of a drainage pipe and put on a Ski-doo thruster. All controlled with an aftermarket PlayStation handset”

”How do you keep track of it?”

”Elon’s got us covered.”

[InkaUtexas 25941]

29 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I'm thinking that submersible paid itself off the first time somebody gave them $250,000 to go down in it.

Well those on board are worth billions, so hope they are paying for the recovery. Lot of USCG and Canadian assets out hunting. 

[Rimbo 25935]

5 hours ago, Horn Dogg said:

There’s not a black person on earth that is dumb enough to get in that homemade jalopy of a sub even if you paid them to go.  

Kanye.

[52-80 19158]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Lol, this is NOT the size of a minivan.

 

 

great job, guys, you just made jerome powell raise interest rates again.

[Auto Driller 2505]

3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Lol, this is NOT the size of a minivan.

 

 

This proves that rich people aren’t rich because they’re smarter than everyone else. 

[RPM 26321]

On the bright side, they are really getting their money's worth.

[Covri 6249]

 

10 hours ago, Deej said:

If only Gordon Lightfoot had lived a few more months. We could have gotten a song out of this. 

 

Randy Newman seems like he’d be a better fit for this story.

[956 Worldwide 34715]

Maybe @FartingMonk and other submariners can chime in, but these people are basically fucked unless they are at the surface floating somewhere waiting to be found, right? 

They’re far below any military submarine crush depth and the special  research vehicles that are used to get down that far just can’t throw out a towline and haul you back up. Or operate with any kind of finesse to attach a tow line from the surface, right? Even if they find you. 
 

 

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

9 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

 

Life is actually stranger than art down there:

 

Awesome, they let Mike Tyson name a squid. 

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

27 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Maybe @FartingMonk and other submariners can chime in, but these people are basically fucked unless they are at the surface floating somewhere waiting to be found, right? 

They’re far below any military submarine crush depth and the special  research vehicles that are used to get down that far just can’t throw out a towline and haul you back up. Or operate with any kind of finesse to attach a tow line from the surface, right? Even if they find you. 
 

 

Yes from what I’m guessing anything that’s gonna make it down there can just wave at them.  And that would be the appropriate way to go after getting in that POS.  

[Bevo 13577]

3 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Well those on board are worth billions, so hope they are paying for the recovery. Lot of USCG and Canadian assets out hunting. 

USCG and Canadian assets should pay treefidy to go on the expedition to view the submersible with the dead billionaires on it.

[locodos 5387]

3 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Well those on board are worth billions, so hope they are paying for the recovery. Lot of USCG and Canadian assets out hunting. 

[52-80 19158]

when james cameron make a sequel about the titanic tourist submarine, this will be featured on the soundtrack:

 

[MirrOlure 14774]

Silly rich people….for $250,000 they could have had Sherpas carry themselves and a couple of buddies up Everest

[Francisco 2.0 32393]

9 hours ago, Horn Dogg said:

There’s not a black person on earth that is dumb enough to get in that homemade jalopy of a sub even if you paid them to go.  

 

 

 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Maybe @FartingMonk and other submariners can chime in, but these people are basically fucked unless they are at the surface floating somewhere waiting to be found, right? 

They’re far below any military submarine crush depth and the special  research vehicles that are used to get down that far just can’t throw out a towline and haul you back up. Or operate with any kind of finesse to attach a tow line from the surface, right? Even if they find you. 
 

 

I would like to imagine that we have something capable of retrieving things down that deep, but if we did the official story would be that the submarine was found on the surface somewhere. 

[KYHorn 17058]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

On the bright side, they are really getting their money's worth.

"I just want to make y'all aware that if we ever get to dry land, you'll be charged for the additional time."

[Whitewater Horn 968]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Maybe @FartingMonk and other submariners can chime in, but these people are basically fucked unless they are at the surface floating somewhere waiting to be found, right? 

They’re far below any military submarine crush depth and the special  research vehicles that are used to get down that far just can’t throw out a towline and haul you back up. Or operate with any kind of finesse to attach a tow line from the surface, right? Even if they find you. 
 

 

Yeah, the only real hope is that they safely surfaced but are unable to communicate. 
 

Day one at Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) included a short discussion of the fore and aft escape trunks. “Submarine escape trunks essentially exist for two groups of people - mothers and politicians. These are potential escape options down to a maximum of 200 feet, and if we’re going down, it’s gonna be a hell of a lot deeper than 200 feet.”  Despite this, we were still required to make a couple of egresses in an escape trainer. This training evolution was intimidating enough to make three people in our class decide that the submarine service wasn’t for them. 
 

Those folks in the submersible are more than likely gone, and when it happened, it was mercifully quick. I loved going to sea on SSNs, but this particular research submersible is a big hell no. 
 

 

[RPM 26321]

The latest open literature says that a US Los Angeles-class test depth is 450m (1,500 ft), suggesting a maximum depth of 675–900m (2,250–3,000 ft). This is a submarine with a pressure hull made of HY-80 high-tensile steel. The latest American sub is said to be constructed of HY-100, so they can certainly go deeper. Some Soviet/Russian subs use Titanium (stronger but more brittle than steel). The first one, Project 705 (Лира/Lira, “Lyre”) class (NATO “Alfa”) is known to have gone to 1,000m (3,300 ft), suggesting a maximum depth of 1,500–2,000m (5,000–6,600 ft). Later classes (such as Project 945B Kondor — NATO Sierra II) can probably go at least that deep.

The depth limits of the most known nuclear powered submarines’ depth limits, as follows;

Typhoon-class: Test depth 900 m (3,000 ft)
Astute-class: Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in)
Akula-class: 480 m (1,570 ft) test depth for Akula I and Akula I Improved, 520 m (1,710 ft) for Akula II and III, 600 m (2,000 ft) maximum operating depth
Ohio-class: Test depth >240 m (800+ ft)
Virginia-class: Test depth >240 m (800+ ft)
Borei-class: Test depth 950 m
Rubis-class: Test depth 350 m
Barracuda-class: Test depth >350 m

 

Just found this. siap Camping World?

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by RPM

[Horn Dogg 3897]

14 minutes ago, RPM said:

The latest open literature says that a US Los Angeles-class test depth is 450m (1,500 ft), suggesting a maximum depth of 675–900m (2,250–3,000 ft). This is a submarine with a pressure hull made of HY-80 high-tensile steel. The latest American sub is said to be constructed of HY-100, so they can certainly go deeper. Some Soviet/Russian subs use Titanium (stronger but more brittle than steel). The first one, Project 705 (Лира/Lira, “Lyre”) class (NATO “Alfa”) is known to have gone to 1,000m (3,300 ft), suggesting a maximum depth of 1,500–2,000m (5,000–6,600 ft). Later classes (such as Project 945B Kondor — NATO Sierra II) can probably go at least that deep.

The depth limits of the most known nuclear powered submarines’ depth limits, as follows;

Typhoon-class: Test depth 900 m (3,000 ft)
Astute-class: Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in)
Akula-class: 480 m (1,570 ft) test depth for Akula I and Akula I Improved, 520 m (1,710 ft) for Akula II and III, 600 m (2,000 ft) maximum operating depth
Ohio-class: Test depth >240 m (800+ ft)
Virginia-class: Test depth >240 m (800+ ft)
Borei-class: Test depth 950 m
Rubis-class: Test depth 350 m
Barracuda-class: Test depth >350 m

 

Just found this. siap Camping World?

 

They should have named the Ohio class sub after a better state.  That sub is a bad motherfucker, it deserves better.

[ztejas 43449]

10 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

 Lego collection is pretty sweet…

The thread on the below tweet is interesting (like I get it these five people are fucked…even if they are still alive they will run out of air at like 7 am EST Thursday…)

 

Yeah. There's no fucking way they find these people unless they make it back up themselves. There's a reason we have the surface of Mars more accurately mapped than the bottom of the ocean. There's nothing down there but blackness.

[ChickenSandwich 9836]

Not sure if CamperWorld sells caskets, or just interior sub lights. 

[BabaYaga 15298]

I get that they're 2.5 miles +/- down, but wouldn't a tether seem to make sense for an untested vehicle?  Or does that just make way too much sense?

EDIT:  All deep-water ROV's have to be tethered, as radio communication can't penetrate those depths to operate and direct them?

Edited June 20, 2023 by BabaYaga

[Deej 76791]

If they find them, that sub will look like this...

 

[Superhero 8830]

Just a random thought here…

If they had put 100 airbag type devices on the hull and triggered it as a emergency floatation device, would it work at that depth?

[52-80 19158]

14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Yeah. There's no fucking way they find these people unless they make it back up themselves. There's a reason we have the surface of Mars more accurately mapped than the bottom of the ocean. There's nothing down there but blackness.

sounds like systemic racism talking

[Herbie Hancock 7348]

Just a random thought here…
If they had put 100 airbag type devices on the hull and triggered it as a emergency floatation device, would it work at that depth?

I'm curious what inflatable material you think would be able to withstand the pressure exerted at that depth

[CoTex 1160]

I'm going to take a different tack here.  Just on the off chance you are all wrong. Then I can gloat and say "told you so" to a bunch of internet strangers.

 

Right now some politician is opening a letter at his desk that says something like "I'm going to engage the silent propulsion drive and give the boat to the Russians."  These boys are running Red Route One through Thor's twins, with their half-filled piss bags and xbox joystick and the US coast guard isn't on a rescue mission, it's driving them.  

When this whole thing ends there's going to be some bullshit story about the boat was lost at sea but, about 5 years from now, we'll see some Russian made item that shares technology with that sub and we'll know the truth - the rooskies got the boat and stole the advanced technology.

Amirite?

 

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

Advanced?

[RPM 26321]

10 minutes ago, Deej said:

If they find them, that sub will look like this...

 

[CoTex 1160]

9 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

I get that they're 2.5 miles +/- down, but wouldn't a tether seem to make sense for an untested vehicle?  Or does that just make way too much sense?

EDIT:  All deep-water ROV's have to be tethered, as radio communication can't penetrate those depths to operate and direct them?

I'm going to assume that the ocean there has something called ocean currents, and the strain on the "tether" imposed by those ocean currents would be substantial when you spooled out 2 miles worth.  Maybe so substantial that your sub just did this on the end of the tether --------------0, downstream. 

[Horn Dogg 3897]

2 minutes ago, CoTex said:

I'm going to assume that the ocean there has something called ocean currents, and the strain on the "tether" imposed by those ocean currents would be substantial when you spooled out 2 miles worth.  Maybe so substantial that your sub just did this on the end of the tether --------------0, downstream. 

I also wonder how you would haul around 13,000 ft of cable that is strong enough to support 23,000 lbs.