Demitri_C Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 47 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Did you read the opening 10 words of the post you quoted? oops the word not is missing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I have spent far too long this morning looking into the development and engineering of Deepsea Challenger and the upshot is this Ron Allum fella knows an awful lot about submersibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 On 23/06/2023 at 07:31, Mic09 said: Some people do things. Jump out of airplanes, dive underwater, swim with sharks, go into space. Other sit on their sofa and get a heart attack at age of 40. Sure you can minimise the risks in your life, but some people live for the thrill. I love mountain hiking. Setting off early morning, walking all day and getting back in the evening. I know people who laugh at it and don't understand it. Everyone has their thing. Yeah but there are risks you take that are unavoidable or part of the thrill … and there are risks that are just moronic refusal to follow basic principles. The choices aren’t limited to either sitting on your arse all day, or your brain imploding under the sea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 24, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2023 5 hours ago, KentVillan said: Yeah but there are risks you take that are unavoidable or part of the thrill … and there are risks that are just moronic refusal to follow basic principles. Totally right. When I was learning to hang glide one of the days was deemed too dangerous to have novices leaping off cliffs, so they offered us a chance to have a trip in a microlight aircraft. We went to the airfield , those of us who’d said yes. Once we saw the thing not one of us actually took up the offer. Happy to hurl ourselves of a cliff under a hang glider, but no siree Bob to that obvious death trap. Its sad that the spidey senses of the passengers didn’t kick in for the sub. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted June 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2023 Seems the sub was damaged a few days before the fatal trip to the titanic "A YouTube star rode in the Titan sub days before it went missing. His footage shows OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush discussing control issues with the 'brains' of the sub." https://www.insider.com/stockton-rush-discussed-control-issues-with-titan-sub-youtuber-2023-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 From 2:20 onwards they show the sub and joke about how basic it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2023 Wow. Didn't expect to see this thread resurface. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Just now, sidcow said: Wow. Didn't expect to see this thread resurface. Are you subbed to this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Are you subbed to this thread? Oh dear, thats low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted June 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Genie said: Oh dear, thats low. he was under extreme pressure when he made that post? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 Fwiw tonight on R4’s The Moral Maze they are discussing whether the sub was worthy of more news coverage than the migrant ship in the Med and what part colour and money may have played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 7 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Fwiw tonight on R4’s The Moral Maze they are discussing whether the sub was worthy of more news coverage than the migrant ship in the Med and what part colour and money may have played. I'll make sure I miss that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 28, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2023 On 23/06/2023 at 19:47, av1 said: Hide contents Wasn’t that Monkhouse? I get the impression the punchline was provided for McIntyre fans because they're the type that need all the help they can get. Not because he came up with the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 Suspected human remains found in the wreckage. Not very many I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, sidcow said: Suspected human remains found in the wreckage. Not very many I would guess. A bit morbid but my reaction when they announced this last night was "how badly must the remains be **** up for them to say suspected" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, desensitized43 said: A bit morbid but my reaction when they announced this last night was "how badly must the remains be **** up for them to say suspected" Some of the debris has a strange splatter effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 It's going to look like salmon paste has exploded over the interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 47 minutes ago, Chindie said: It's going to look like salmon paste has exploded over the interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 27/06/2023 at 19:36, Xela said: From 2:20 onwards they show the sub and joke about how basic it is 5:51 where, after an abandoned dive, the reporter says “I was crushed.” He could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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