Titanic tourist sub missing

[ponderingturtle]

Second time luck?

Ohio real estate tycoon plans to take new submersible to Titanic wreck

All he has to do then is actually get some agency to certify his vessel. I mean seriously deep sea subs are very safe as long as they go through proper design, construction and testing.

What would take serious effort to prove is that such a submarine can be operated at a profit for tourist interests.

 

[Steve]

"Larry Connor announces intention to prove safety of industry less than a year after five people killed in OceanGate implosion"

Heh.

“Ours is not just a trip to the Titanic,” Connor said in a separate interview with the New York Times on Tuesday. “It’s a research mission … to demonstrate to people around the globe that you can build a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind sub and dive it safely and successfully to great depths.”​

James Cameron demonstrated this over a decade ago.

I wonder what will be "first-of-its-kind" about this submersible. And how it will differ substantially from Cameron's.

 

[theprestige]

If he really wanted to prove the safety of the industry, he'd found a certification service, and establish framework of design and manufacture guidelines for the industry. Yet another one-off sub isn't the way.

Also, what's the industry? Deep sea tourism? Is that really an industry? Will it ever be? Seems more like a hobby for rich people.

 

[Trausti]

 

[I Am The Scum]

I wonder what will be "first-of-its-kind" about this submersible. And how it will differ substantially from Cameron's.

Well I know a really obvious way it can become the second-of-its-kind.

 

[whoanellie]

I wonder what will be "first-of-its-kind" about this submersible. And how it will differ substantially from Cameron's.

I've read that it will be made of acrylic.

 

[smartcooky]

[qimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOp8e6xWsAER1nM?format=jpg&name=small[/qimg]

Your graph is missing the eight workers who were killed between 1909 and 1912 building Titanic.

 

[Donal]

I've read that it will be made of acrylic.

3D printed in his basement

 

[whoanellie]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/science/titanic-submersible-ohio-billionaire.html

Here is a "rendering". It looks like a stapler to me.

 

[Marcus]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/science/titanic-submersible-ohio-billionaire.html

Here is a "rendering". It looks like a stapler to me.

Two person deep sea submersibles are not exactly revolutionary. When I first heard about this I thought he was designing a larger vessel which would, unlike OceanGate's, pass all the safety tests.

 

[whoanellie]

Two person deep sea submersibles are not exactly revolutionary. When I first heard about this I thought he was designing a larger vessel which would, unlike OceanGate's, pass all the safety tests.

The claim is that it will be the deepest diving acrylic submarine.

https://tritonsubs.com/subs/gullwing/

 

[bruto]

The claim is that it will be the deepest diving acrylic submarine.

https://tritonsubs.com/subs/gullwing/

Going down has been shown to be very easy indeed. I'd celebrate the trip back up.

 

[Puppycow]

Second time luck?

Ohio real estate tycoon plans to take new submersible to Titanic wreck

The submersible reportedly is still being designed, and a specific start date for the expedition had not been immediately announced.

They're still designing it? Well, I won't hold my breath then.

The claim is that it will be the deepest diving acrylic submarine.

https://tritonsubs.com/subs/gullwing/

And from the way that page is written, in the present tense, you wouldn't realize that this thing is still in the design stage unless you check other sources.

“THE TRITON IS SO MANEUVERABLE. FOR BLUE PLANET II WE FILMED CRABS THE SIZE OF YOUR THUMBNAIL, IN MACRO! IT’S AMAZING”

Are they claiming that they used this submersible, which is still being designed, to film Blue Planet II?

The World’s Deepest Diving Acrylic Sub

The TRITON 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer is the only acrylic-hulled submersible commercially certified for dives in excess of 13,000 ft.

So they are claiming here that this sub has already been "certified for dives in excess of 13,000 ft". But it's still being designed.

 

[Darat]

They're still designing it? Well, I won't hold my breath then.



And from the way that page is written, in the present tense, you wouldn't realize that this thing is still in the design stage unless you check other sources.



Are they claiming that they used this submersible, which is still being designed, to film Blue Planet II?



So they are claiming here that this sub has already been "certified for dives in excess of 13,000 ft". But it's still being designed.

Not sure what your confusion is? They've made plenty of real submersibles.

 

[Puppycow]

Not sure what your confusion is? They've made plenty of real submersibles.

I'm not confused. I'm saying that page is misleading. It's written as if this thing already exists. The quote is about a different Triton.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

The news article talks about it being designed but doesn't mention a model. Triton is not mentioned in the article.


The Triton website features several models that appear to have been certified.

 

[commandlinegamer]

The news article talks about it being designed but doesn't mention a model. Triton is not mentioned in the article.

It does (further down) in the Guardian article

They intend to call it the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer. The 4000 alludes to the depth in metres that the submersible can plumb.

.

It may be that the newspaper is mistaken or it's typos: it's not known as the Grauniad for nothing.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Thanks.. Missed it.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Oops

 

[Andy_Ross]

It looks like a stapler about to pop a bubble.