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  • James Cameron reacts sub implosion: not astro

    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 22 18:48:39 2023
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVoikLbK78

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to StarDust on Thu Jun 22 19:50:14 2023
    On Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 21:48:41 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVoikLbK78

    Enviro-D.B.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 4 06:57:15 2023
    On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 05:39:44 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:50:17?PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
    On Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 21:48:41 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVoikLbK78

    Enviro-D.B.

    I can't comment on your reaction, not having watched the video.

    At least this video is accompanied by a text article that can be
    read to save bandwidth:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9808407/titan-submarine-flaws/

    and while I can't be sure the fellow is right, this is the sort
    of sentiment I generally agree with; the people running that
    sub, basically, should have behaved like NASA - the old NASA
    before the Challenger disaster.

    When you're pushing the edge of what is possible, you have
    to be really careful.

    Of course, no doubt the problem was in this case was that
    if they didn't do it on the cheap, it wouldn't have been done
    at all. Which only becomes a _real_ problem when you fail
    to reaize, under that circumstance, that the correct response
    is not to attempt it at all.

    John Savard

    Well, the way that SpaceX and others are doing space now is better
    than the NASA way for what is being done now... building on the cheap
    and letting things blow up rather than spending billions to get it
    right from the start. That's a perfectly reasonably way of doing
    engineering in many cases... but not so much when people's lives are
    at stake!

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Jul 4 05:39:44 2023
    On Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:50:17 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
    On Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 21:48:41 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVoikLbK78

    Enviro-D.B.

    I can't comment on your reaction, not having watched the video.

    At least this video is accompanied by a text article that can be
    read to save bandwidth:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9808407/titan-submarine-flaws/

    and while I can't be sure the fellow is right, this is the sort
    of sentiment I generally agree with; the people running that
    sub, basically, should have behaved like NASA - the old NASA
    before the Challenger disaster.

    When you're pushing the edge of what is possible, you have
    to be really careful.

    Of course, no doubt the problem was in this case was that
    if they didn't do it on the cheap, it wouldn't have been done
    at all. Which only becomes a _real_ problem when you fail
    to reaize, under that circumstance, that the correct response
    is not to attempt it at all.

    John Savard

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  • From W@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Jul 4 09:38:45 2023
    On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 8:39:47 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
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    I think that RichA was alluding to the existence of jet-setting environmentalists.

    The submersible? We can safely ignore that. Most people are smart enough to look at it and say "No way!"

    The only problem was the cost to taxpayers, but that's really just a drop in the bucket.

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