Titanic tourist sub missing

Cat Not Included said:
Can anyone clear up something that I feel like I've seen inconsistent info on? Had the Titan sub actually made it to the Titanic and back on previous trips or not? At first I thought it had, but now I feel like I've seen stuff saying it only tried once previously and had to turn back, and the other trips I'd seen were referring to Oceangate going to different and presumably less deep wrecks.
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Yes, several times. In fact one of the writers for the Simpsons has posted a picture he took of the Titanic wreck thru the Titan's front window.

After the successful expeditions to the wreck in 2021 and 2022, OceanGate Expeditions will continue to return annually to further document the Titanic and ...

https://oceangate.com/expeditions/titanic-survey-expedition.html
 
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Yeah, I also just heard that it was tested to 3000m before. Though I'm not sure if that means only initial tests, or it really never actually went to 4000m before. IF it's the latter, now that would be incredibly stupid.
 
Well that's the subtle, creeping danger of "good enough" when we're talking about something like a submarine or an aircraft or even like a very high performance car.

It's deceptively easy to build something that works... most of the time. Something that works good at first. Something that works JUST well enough that you start to trust it and let your guard but then 1 thing outside of normal parameters happens, 1 gauge goes into the red, one fault tolerance is just a little too "toleranced" and then.. *gestures* that.
 
The one that doesn't look like that full sized filming model of the Shuttle Craft on Star Trek: TNG with some desk fans hot glued to it?
 
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Darat said:
She has a good turn of phrase … If one vertical thruster fails, you don't have a submersible that can rise, you get a ******* rotisserie...
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On that note, who wants to hear about the time the Titan arrived on the ocean floor only to discover that one of its lateral thrusters was installed backwards?

 
I am genuinely shocked. They can call up a picture on google of the controller and tell them to press X, press etc. But they can’t because Stockton can’t remember which button does which! As far as I am now concerned he murdered his fellow “crew” this was beyond reckless.

“Left and right may be forward and back I don’t know”
 
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Darat said:
I am genuinely shocked. They can call up a picture on google of the controller and tell them to press X, press etc. But they can’t because Stockton can’t remember which button does which! As far as I am now concerned he murdered his fellow “crew” this was beyond reckless.

“Left and right may be forward and back I don’t know”
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The sheer indifference really is astounding.

I'm personally not inclined to necessarily make fun of them deciding to use a PS3 controller for the submersible - a controller is a controller, frankly - but did it never occur to them to actually write an operator's guide for its application here, purely for the sake of having that information confidently on hand? And have that guide be available both on the submersible and to the top-side support crew?
 
Checkmite said:
The sheer indifference really is astounding.

I'm personally not inclined to necessarily make fun of them deciding to use a PS3 controller for the submersible - a controller is a controller, frankly - but did it never occur to them to actually write an operator's guide for its application here, purely for the sake of having that information confidently on hand? And have that guide be available both on the submersible and to the top-side support crew?
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I would be concerned about what happens if it gets wet, but you could easily take several controllers down.

But I would definitely be using wired controllers, not bluetooth ones.
 
alfaniner said:
Re: implosion. Hasn't anyone ever dropped and incandescent light bulb? It's the same concept. Lower pressure inside, higher pressure outside.
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I'm pretty sure most of the participants of this thread understand the concept of 'implosion'.

It appeared to me that the question was if that is what actually happened to the Titan or not.

Do you have a opinion on that?
 
Well, for those yelling about how this story had dominated the news, it is being pushed off the front pages by what is going on in Russia.
 
jeremyp said:
I would be concerned about what happens if it gets wet, but you could easily take several controllers down.

But I would definitely be using wired controllers, not bluetooth ones.
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I would also have individual 'local' controls for each of the thrusters and Trim tanks
 
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