Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[Wookie]

Ha well, then question is what kind of tests, perhaps merely referring to the actual dives done in 2018/2019 by OceanGate. Two paragraphs above they seem to be specifically refusing any scans:



And CEO seems to have insisted that his magical acoustic detection system replaced the scan I believe.

I’m all for innovation by college kids once the technology is proven by old folks with mountains of experience.

There is a reason the United States Navy uses very little carbon fiber.

 

[makar0n]

I’m all for innovation by college kids once the technology is proven by old folks with mountains of experience.

There is a reason the United States Navy uses very little carbon fiber.

Well, turns out he also had allergy to those... ("50-year-old white guys" as per Rush quote)
In other words, true "innovator" and "engineer"

 

[Gone for diving]

And CEO seems to have insisted that his magical acoustic detection system

Anyone know how this acoustic detection works? (It didn't work)

 

[Pearlman]

Ha well, then question is what kind of tests, perhaps merely referring to the actual dives done in 2018/2019 by OceanGate. Two paragraphs above they seem to be specifically refusing any scans:



And CEO seems to have insisted that his magical acoustic detection system replaced the scan I believe.

TBH I am flabbergasted that he thought once a problem was detected they would be magically transported to surface in a fraction of a second as if there was teleportation technology available. A problem detected at 1h45m more than 3km deep and they still need that 1h45m (or maybe 30minutes?) to surface while the craft continues to experience the breaking point pressures all around in the meantime…. What would be the ascent rate once ballast is dropped? I don’t know. But there must be engineering calculations by the designers?
This wasn’t an escape pod with different characteristics than the failing craft… and the CEO though a crumbling craft makes a good escape vehicle?

 

[Jafo19D]

I have to wonder how those that enabled him (co-workers, partners, attorneys) feel. Was it worth it protecting and covering his irresponsible shenanigans? What were you guys thinking when you fired the guy who voiced concerns about the safety of the sub? I guess you only thought about CYA.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Were the oxygen cylinders being carried in the crew compartment, maybe under the floor?
That would make a considerable difference in any combustion event

Not really.
Only the stechiometric quantity of oxygen reacts with the combustible. And the air inside the shell was possibly already enough for this.
All the excess oxygen just contributes to the gas expansion, but does react chemically.

 

[Jafo19D]

OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says

Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.

www.insider.com

As if it wasn’t bad enough that he used carbon fiber now someone is saying that the material was bought at a discount from Boeing because the use by date had come and gone? WTF was this guy and his enablers thinking?

 

[Wookie]

OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says

Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.

www.insider.com

As if it wasn’t bad enough that he used carbon fiber now someone is saying that the material was bought at a discount from Boeing because the use by date had come and gone? WTF was this guy and his enablers thinking?

His trust fund, his rules.

 

[makar0n]

OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says

Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.

www.insider.com

As if it wasn’t bad enough that he used carbon fiber now someone is saying that the material was bought at a discount from Boeing because the use by date had come and gone? WTF was this guy and his enablers thinking?

Hmm not sure that is true after all - this was rumored originally but (at least according to wiki), Boeing has since denied selling him carbon fiber (or rather claimed they have no record...)

According to Rush, the carbon fiber materials had belonged to Boeing, but OceanGate had purchased them at a significant discount because they were past their shelf-life.[52] Boeing stated they had no record showing they sold carbon fiber to OceanGate or Rush.[53]

Well, either way, sounds sketchy and makes one wonder where the heck did he get it in a first place.

 

[broncobowsher]

Would the scan of the carbon fiber have picked up the screw holes where they screwed the monitor into the hull?