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The reporter, who followed an expedition of the Titan from the launch ship, wrote that “it seems like this submersible has elements of MacGyver jerry-riggedness.”

  • dcormier@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The sub has seven different ways to re-surface and went silent during the descent phase, so there’s only really one likely option — crushed in an instant.

    Ah, but there’s a second option: suffocation. If the sub manages to surface and isn’t found, it cannot be opened from inside. It needs someone outside to unbolt the door.

    Before the sub begins its dive, a support team locks the crew inside by closing the hatch from the outside and sealing it shut with 17 bolts.

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