The Titanic

[mosssideblue]

Serious question. By “they”, do you mean a body independent of OceanGate itself?

The Company said that they engaged both Boeing and NASA to confirm the design of the PH as they had much more experience in the materials they wanted to use

 

[manimanc]

This is so sad what has happened.

The young lad apparently said to his mum that he didn't feel right doing the dive.

Just pray that they went quickly and didn't suffer.

 

[kaz7]

This is so sad what has happened.

The young lad apparently said to his mum that he didn't feel right doing the dive.

Just pray that they went quickly and didn't suffer.

They didnt know anything about it , gone in a milly second

 

[urban genie]

That poor lad (19yo) is the one I feel sorry for.
He was worried and afraid and only went down in it to please his father because the trip was centred around fathers' day.

I just bought me dad a vinyl record and some Guinness, seems I chose the safer option

 

[hilts]

If you have money you are free to spend it how you wish. That's the point of it. Some want to spend their money on paintings, do they have small penises ?

Just askin'

Yes

 

[Marklr]

Explorers such as these should have to pay some kind of recovery insurance before their explorations. Maybe they do.

 

[urban genie]

If you have money you are free to spend it how you wish. That's the point of it. Some want to spend their money on paintings, do they have small penises ?

Just askin'

what, do the paintings have small penises or the purchasers?

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Of course they would say that, but it is at odds with the letter signed by numerous technical engineers, which states quite clearly they didn't undergo a proper independently verified prototype testing program as advised by regulatory bodies. That is by definition cutting corners.

No element of a novel or experimental vehicle can be considered safe until it has been through a rigorous testing program, because until that is done, its safety and efficacy is entirely theoretical.

They can state that they built something which they felt in good faith was sufficient for the depth required. The fact is, they never proved it and that is almost certainly why it is now lying 6,000m deep in the ocean.

Fuck me how did it manage to drill another 2200m down into the ocean floor after it failed?

 

[BlueMonkey79]

all human life valued equally?

Imagine a sub with Putin, Trump, Thatcher, Boris, HRHarry and Braverman on board...

I sense the sympathy would have been somewhat diluted.

I'd have welded the door shut as soon as they were inside!

 

[kaz7]

all human life valued equally?

Imagine a sub with Putin, Trump, Thatcher, Boris, HRHarry and Braverman on board...

I sense the sympathy would have been somewhat diluted.

You hate harry as much as putin and trump? Weird

 

[Crouchinho]

all human life valued equally?

Imagine a sub with Putin, Trump, Thatcher, Boris, HRHarry and Braverman on board...

I sense the sympathy would have been somewhat diluted.

Pretty much bang on the money. Everyone would be celebrating and laughing over the deaths.

Everyone crying and being offended over these people dying seems disingenuous. So typical of the world we live in today.

They'll watch a famine on the news and do a speech how bad it is, then walk to their fridge and cut themselves a few slices of Stilton with a bag of mccoys

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The Company said that they engaged both Boeing and NASA to confirm the design of the PH as they had much more experience in the materials they wanted to use

Fair enough.

 

[ell]

Explorers such as these should have to pay some kind of recovery insurance before their explorations. Maybe they do.

They are billionaires, we struggle to get them to pay their taxes as it is

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

They are billionaires, we struggle to get them to pay their taxes as it is

He was living in Dubai for the weather. :)

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Everyone would be celebrating and laughing over the deaths.

Can only speak for myself. I wouldn't laugh at anyone's death.
Maybe if that sub had been manned by Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Goebbels and Heydrich. And even then, I don't think I'd laugh. I'd just have a grim sense that humanity had lost nothing whatsoever, and might well have gained something.
On the other hand, I'm not grieving over someone I never met, and never knew. Thinking a bit, though, of the mother of that lad. She lives on, and lives with it.

 

[Kinkybyname]

You hate harry as much as putin and trump? Weird

Not at all - what is weird, is your conclusion that such was the case. I merely used them as examples of people who polarise opinion. I didn't say or imply I hated or indeed admired any of them. Maybe you should not rush to judgement or jump to conclusions - that way you'll minimise the risk of making yourself look foolish. If it's an honest mistake, I'll accept your admission/apology.

 

[Blue Mist]

what do the paintings have small penises or the purchasers?

Good question. Whenever I see a painting of a bloke with a small penis I always think the artist has one, otherwise.......well you would wouldn't you.

 

[Elbow beards]

James Cameron saying they would have been aware of the hull failing as an alarm would have gone off. Reckons they could have been making their way up when it imploded. Grim

 

[Lavinda Past]

Fuck me how did it manage to drill another 2200m down into the ocean floor after it failed?

If it keeps going at that rate, it will probably turn up on an Australian beach in late July.

 

[MellowJoe]

Gotta admire the Titanic, still killing people after all these years