Subj : Re: Submarine Deaths
To   : Hustler
From : tenser
Date : Sat Jun 24 2023 03:28:17

On 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43a, Hustler pondered and said...
 
 Hu>  > > So why do you think caused the Titan to implode? I think it was the
 Hu>  > > carbine fiber the vessel was made of. I also think shortcuts were tak
 Hu> 
 Hu>  > The thing had been criticized for years as unsafe, and
 Hu>  > they actively resisted getting any sort of safety
 Hu>  > certification, with now-tragic results. In the clarity
 Hu> 
 Hu>   Why do these things happen when "citizens" are the passengers?

This was a private vessel operating as part of a for-profit
venture providing, effectively, deep-sea tourism.  Who else
would be on it?  It wasn't a government expedition, or even
a research vessel.  Moreover the design of this specific
vessel has been criticized for years by people who actually
are experts in submersible design and safety.

These people paid obscene amounts of money to descend to the
wreck site of the Titanic and do what, exactly?  Gawk at the
hubris and folly of man?  It's macabre.

 Hu> This catastrophy is reminent of the space shuttle.  

I mean, a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean last week
and hundreds of people died, but we didn't see wall-to-wall
coverage of that.

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