- tail cone from the submarine found 400meters from Titanic
- 9 vessels on the scene, ROVs in water,
- no timeline when operations would stop - they didn't detect any explosion for the past 76 hours when sonar buoys were deployed. The explosion would generate massive waves which buoys would pick up.
To me it is a miracle that they could find it in this area. And how they could mobilize so much speliciazed equipment from many different countries in such a short time
Gotta wonder how much this search mission has cost taxpayers
The Coast Guard said in a brief statement on Twitter that some of the remote-operated vehicles involved in the search had been relocated in an attempt to determine the origin of the sounds.
Except it wouldn't have exploded as it's not explosive
No, it would not have "exploded" due to explosive material, but a breach of the vessel would involve loss of internal pressure and it would have "imploded", which is similar to an explosion, but in reverse (inward).
This became important detail as to the sound it would have transmitted because one of the questions asked during US Coast Guard press conference, someone asked if the slow arrival of rescue equipment had any effect on the outcome, and the head of the US Coast guard pointed out that sonar equipment listening for implosions over the last few days did not hear anything, which tends to indicate that the implosion happened upon the Titan first descending, early in their trip.
Except an explosion is not "similar to" an implosion. It's not a balloon popping, it's more like crushing a beer can but made out of carbon fiber. The only thing emanating outward would be the cabin's air as gas bubbling up to the surface. But yes, this would have most likely occurred that first day, well before sophisticated listening equipment showed up.
Gotta wonder how much this search mission has cost taxpayers
Agencies like the Coast Guard are on duty anyway. The cost isn't much different than if they were doing training and patrolling, which they would be doing anyway.
The groups (mostly private?) bringing their submersible remote operated vehicles love nothing better to have something to do to play with their toys (legitimate research tools, but yes, they see them as fun toys too). They get a kick out of helping out, and I'm sure the group that found the debris field of the Titan is glad they came even with no reimbursement. It's a worthy operation along the lines of whatever else they use their ROVs for.
It's the same for people who volunteer for search and rescue. They get a sense of excitement (a type of fun) satisfaction, and perhaps duty doing it because they (the volunteer type anyway) aren't getting paid.
No, it would not have "exploded" due to explosive material, but a breach of the vessel would involve loss of internal pressure and it would have "imploded", which is similar to an explosion, but in reverse (inward).
This became important detail as to the sound it would have transmitted because one of the questions asked during US Coast Guard press conference, someone asked if the slow arrival of rescue equipment had any effect on the outcome, and the head of the US Coast guard pointed out that sonar equipment listening for implosions over the last few days did not hear anything, which tends to indicate that the implosion happened upon the Titan first descending, early in their trip.
Except an explosion is not "similar to" an implosion. It's not a balloon popping, it's more like crushing a beer can but made out of carbon fiber. The only thing emanating outward would be the cabin's air as gas bubbling up to the surface. But yes, this would have most likely occurred that first day, well before sophisticated listening equipment showed up.
From a technical article on the Titan incident:
"What is an implosion? Why does it happen? What’s the difference with an explosion?
When pressure builds up inside of a contained space, it pushes outward as an explosion. Think of blowing up a balloon too much, and at a certain point when the material cannot take the stress anymore, it pops. The opposite is true for containers that have more pressure than they can withstand pushing inward, then an implosion occurs."
The US Coast Guard announced that a debris field was found near the Titanic where the missing Titan submersible was headed raising fears of an implosion.
Starting on Sunday July 2nd, we will start weekly cruises to the site from Halifax Nova Scotia. On board at the Edmontonian Queen will be our famous Canadian Cruise Piano player.
Aren't military submarines all double hulled and if so why not private craft taking advantage of such useful design?
Nope. Soviet/Russian subs, for example, are double hulled. USN subs are not. The reasons for the double hull (second hull outside the pressure hull) is to make it easier to provide a streamlined shape and possibly some protection against torpedoes. Otherwise it just adds weight.
Why don't the billionaires in the tube just follow their own advice to the poor and "pull themselves up by their bootstraps."
Give us proof of billionaires saying that.
This is one of the dumbest posts this week. Who do u think wants to remove welfare and the social safety net? The wealthy. they couch it in helping people help themselves. If u don’t get this u r dumb or caught in a tribal war that isn’t going to benefit u unless u too are ultra wealthy.
This is one of the dumbest posts this week. Who do u think wants to remove welfare and the social safety net? The wealthy. they couch it in helping people help themselves. If u don’t get this u r dumb or caught in a tribal war that isn’t going to benefit u unless u too are ultra wealthy.
Always depressing to see a post this ignorant get upvotes.
Without the ultra wealthy people like you would still be living in the woods and dying before you turned 30.
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