Titanic tourist submarine
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“When I started the business, one of the things you’ll find, there are other sub-operators out there, but they typically have, uh, gentlemen who are ex-military submariners, and they — you’ll see a whole bunch of 50-year-old white guys,” Rush told Teledyne Marine in a newly resurfaced undated Zoom interview. “I wanted our team to be younger, to be inspirational and I’m not going to inspire a 16-year-old to go pursue marine technology, but a 25-year-old, uh, you know, who’s a sub pilot or a platform operator or one of our techs can be inspirational,” he continued. “So we’ve really tried to get, um, very intelligent, motivated, younger individuals involved because we’re doing things that are completely new.” -
... Recounting his journey to the wreck, Loibl said: “The first submarine didn’t work, then a dive at 1600 metres had to be abandoned.
“My mission was the fifth, but we also went into the water five hours late due to electrical problems.”
Prior to the launch of the sub, Loibl said the bracket of the stabilisation tube – used to provide balance as the craft descends into the depths – fell off the vessel.
But, he added: “That was reattached with zip ties. That didn’t worry me.”
Titanic submersible missing: Voyage to wreckage is a ‘suicide mission’, says German explorer
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Legal team is warming up
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@MiketheSnow am sure they signed a waiver as watertight as the sub...
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@Victor-Meldrew it did occur to me that this is getting a helluva lot of coverage for 5 people no-one knew until now.
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@Bones said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:
@Victor-Meldrew it did occur to me that this is getting a helluva lot of coverage for 5 people no-one knew until now.
it presses all the media buttons
Titanic
A ticking clock
Deep sea expeditions
BillionairesI can't get excited, but it is right up main stream media channels. THe sub sounds like a non-certified death trap.
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@nzzp said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:
@Bones said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:
@Victor-Meldrew it did occur to me that this is getting a helluva lot of coverage for 5 people no-one knew until now.
it presses all the media buttons
Titanic
A ticking clock
Deep sea expeditions
BillionairesI can't get excited, but it is right up main stream media channels. The sub sounds like a non-certified death trap.
There’s already some pretty fucked up memes doing the rounds about it too.
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@Bones Yeah, I thought that too. But there are ways to make that point without coming across like a virtue-seeking fluffybunny on twitter.
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@nzzp said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:
@Bones said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:
@Victor-Meldrew it did occur to me that this is getting a helluva lot of coverage for 5 people no-one knew until now.
it presses all the media buttons
Titanic
A ticking clock
Deep sea expeditions
BillionairesI can't get excited, but it is right up main stream media channels. THe sub sounds like a non-certified death trap.
It had lights bought from a camping store, and the steering was a gaming controller! That's intrepid
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@Bones said in Titanic tourist submarine:
I'm quite surprised that for a commercial consumer operation, they didn't need to have a comprehensive recovery plan signed off.
My guess is international waters means it's a lawless waste land and you can do what you want
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@mariner4life said in Titanic tourist submarine:
@Bones said in Titanic tourist submarine:
I'm quite surprised that for a commercial consumer operation, they didn't need to have a comprehensive recovery plan signed off.
My guess is international waters means it's a lawless waste land and you can do what you want
That instantly popped into my head as what you were going to say when I saw you'd replied, good point. Company will be registered somewhere though right?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Titanic tourist submarine:
Liberal compassion once again.
Now, I'm pretty far from being a lefty (no way ....) but this was sent to me from a lefty pal and it really has made me think:
Five hundred people drowned trying to reach Europe last week and it was covered but my god contrasting it to the coverage of this Titanic submarine is just appalling to see, so much more focus, experts on, analysis and interest from the public. Certain lives are so cheap to us
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Titanic tourist submarine:
Liberal compassion once again.
That's a remarkably stupid take. Drownings of asylum seekers gets massive amounts of press. How else would they know?
The difference here is they may still be alive and it's unique.
