Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:
In reply to alfadriver :
People in general and it seems Americans in particular have a long history of fascination and idolization of rich people and how they spend their money. This extends to how they occasionally die as well.
I mean... we even had a TV show about the former subject that ran for 11 seasons in the 80s/90s.
When I was in high school, we had an entire class devoted to Media Myth, and how modern celebrities are our version of, say, the ancient Greeks going on about Agamemnon or Persephone.
It was really interesting and helped put a perspective on things.
johndej
UltraDork
9/18/24 8:02 p.m.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
The US also lacks a formal royal family class of which to gossip about.
TIL that the submersible was stored outside and had been struck by lightning at one point.
And they knew about it, and said "*shrug emoji* what bad could happen if you zapped a carbon fiber composite with lightning?"
(given that they thought a material that is weak in compression would be a good idea for a submersible, in the first place, this is not really that surprising)
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
(given that they thought a material that is weak in compression would be a good idea for a submersible, in the first place, this is not really that surprising)
Apparently the carbon-fiber-with-titanium-end-caps design was based on a US Navy submersible called AUSS. That one was unmanned; but it had a pressure hull for bouyancy, went deeper than the OceanGate one did, and they did over a hundred successful dives in the 90s before retiring it. So perhaps the core idea isn't a crazy as everyone makes it out to be now?
johndej said:
Bunch of videos going around of the wreckage found on the seafloor. Note structural ratchet strap survived, must have plucked it and said, "she's not going anywhere" before they decended.
More justification on why I don't need to improve at welding, just add more ratchet straps!
:)
