Thanks S2. Drilling 3 holes all the way though the hull of such a "deep sea" submersible is not recommended. But there were "red flags" all over this operation.
When I was a boy I visited the Empire State Building in NYC. We rode an express elevator to the observation deck (86 stories up?). I was too young to have learned how to yawn to equalize the pressure.
But that pressure differential, 4% by my approximation, is trivial compared to the difference between 14 PSI at sea level, and the more than one ton per square inch several thousand feet below the ocean's surface.
Before the fate of the submersible was known there were imaginings of the 5 occupants conserving energy by limiting gross motor (body) movement to extend the duration of their Oxygen supply.
That's unlikely.
Such structural failure occurs as a cascade failure, a structural catastrophic fail. It's too fast for the human nervous system to be aware of. "Implosion" describes it.
Not just like being hit by the proverbial "ton of bricks" but being crushed by a ton of bricks on every square inch of their body.
Photons travel through the unencumbered vacuum of space at 100% SOL = C
Electrons travel through a Copper wire at 96% SOL
Reflex action nerve impulses travel at 250 MPH
Thought nerve impulses travel at 70 MPH
Pain nerve impulses travel at 3 MPH
source: Bob Berman 19/02/07
It's a virtual certitude they never knew what hit 'em.
There are historic accounts of travelers in covered wagons grabbing their flintlock musket from the wagon, and shooting themselves with it by snagging the hammer.
Some manufacturers affix warning labels on electric hair dryers, not to be used in the shower.
And then there are these lame brains, who could have gotten a better view of the Titanic via an unmanned submersible with a few UHD / 4K cameras, the adventurers enjoying the comfort of the surface ship. BUT NOOOOOOOO !!!
At some point it seems best explained as Chlorine for the gene pool. Consider it Eugenics 2.0, for the DIY crowd.
There's a little more to be said, BUT !! This event took place in international water. Demand for regulatory legislation goes to ... who? The U.N.?
Outlawing stupidity seems noble enough. But before that, what do you say we solve the global warming problem first. OK?
When I was a boy I visited the Empire State Building in NYC. We rode an express elevator to the observation deck (86 stories up?). I was too young to have learned how to yawn to equalize the pressure.
But that pressure differential, 4% by my approximation, is trivial compared to the difference between 14 PSI at sea level, and the more than one ton per square inch several thousand feet below the ocean's surface.
Before the fate of the submersible was known there were imaginings of the 5 occupants conserving energy by limiting gross motor (body) movement to extend the duration of their Oxygen supply.
That's unlikely.
Such structural failure occurs as a cascade failure, a structural catastrophic fail. It's too fast for the human nervous system to be aware of. "Implosion" describes it.
Not just like being hit by the proverbial "ton of bricks" but being crushed by a ton of bricks on every square inch of their body.
Photons travel through the unencumbered vacuum of space at 100% SOL = C
Electrons travel through a Copper wire at 96% SOL
Reflex action nerve impulses travel at 250 MPH
Thought nerve impulses travel at 70 MPH
Pain nerve impulses travel at 3 MPH
source: Bob Berman 19/02/07
It's a virtual certitude they never knew what hit 'em.
There are historic accounts of travelers in covered wagons grabbing their flintlock musket from the wagon, and shooting themselves with it by snagging the hammer.
Some manufacturers affix warning labels on electric hair dryers, not to be used in the shower.
And then there are these lame brains, who could have gotten a better view of the Titanic via an unmanned submersible with a few UHD / 4K cameras, the adventurers enjoying the comfort of the surface ship. BUT NOOOOOOOO !!!
At some point it seems best explained as Chlorine for the gene pool. Consider it Eugenics 2.0, for the DIY crowd.
PS
There's a little more to be said, BUT !! This event took place in international water. Demand for regulatory legislation goes to ... who? The U.N.?
Outlawing stupidity seems noble enough. But before that, what do you say we solve the global warming problem first. OK?
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