Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[OMyMyOHellYes]

I don't understand why this is causing such a rabid fascination and obsession.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

That is the thing with game controllers, they are pretty durable.

I'm not sure I would've used a Bluetooth model, but I would have no issues with a USB Xbox controller, particularly if we carried a spare.

But usb would have meant some type of connection through the hull. Bluetooth can operate through the hull, right?

My kids have never had issues with bt connection via PS3 controller either to PC or other. But those are a little steep, coming in at $60

 

[gamon]

I don't understand why this is causing such a rabid fascination and obsession.

When was the last time you heard of a bunch of billionaires trapped in a lost sub operated by a game-boy controller, possibly spending their last few moments gazing at the bow of the Titanic, with air supply rapidly dwindling?

Box office suspense sci-fi thrillers don't hold a candle to this one.

 

[Marie13]

i cringe to say it but with all that mapping they've done around the Titanic and to now find a debris field they never noticed before would seem to indicate tragedy.

I have a very warped sense of humor, so when I heard they found debris around Titanic, my first through was debris around the wreck is nothing new. But I’d guess you’re right about so much mapping of the debris field would help new debris stand out.

 

[Brodydog]

From BBC

 

[makar0n]

Mission Titanic, Part 2: Delays and an unsettling statement from the OceanGate CEO

Editor in chief Arnie Weissmann this past week has thought a great deal about a conversation in May with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, one of five people missing on the submersible in the North Atlantic.

www.travelweekly.com

From the link above:

Only one thing concerned me: He said he had gotten the carbon fiber used to make the Titan at a big discount from Boeing because it was past its shelf-life for use in airplanes.

Guess controller was from eBay and best not to ask where did he source other parts...Well another win for corporate culture, clearly.

I asked him if that weren't a problem. He replied that those dates were set far before they had to be, and that Boeing and even NASA had participated in the design and testing of the Titan.

Sure, sure, and it was built in Area 51 using secret alien technology too. Smoke, mirrors and cutting corners left and right. And right when finally some 1%-ers showed up, ready to be convinced to invest and inflate the balloon even more, poof aaaand "Houston, we have a problem". Och wait, we actually do not even have comms as we have also skimped on that.

 

[dflaher]

From BBC

That can't be good.

 

[telemonster]

Why wouldn’t you build one of these, tether it by cable and just run it through 200+ unmanned remote operated cycles from depths to surface and such to test it.

As far as tech goes, a ROV with 360 degree active Hd cameras and either a high res VR headset or a dome paneled in curved high pitch RGB LED video wall panels would be kinda cool. No bragging rights for the adventure trip I suppose.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

 

[Brodydog]

I don't understand why this is causing such a rabid fascination and obsession.

Because lives are at stake and we want to see how it ends.

At this point I’m really hoping for a miracle to happen.