Private enterprise sub, taking people down for “visits” to the wreck site. Costs around $250K each. One of the people on board is a billionaire who also paid to go into space…
The whole thing sounds dodgy as fuck, from the way it was built, to how it operates, to how passengers are literally sealed in from the outside, this meaning that if the stupid thing surfaces, unless the mothership picks them up in time, they still die…
It’s such a comedy of errors, it’s the kind of shit that only the very rich, and the very naïve, could have allowed to happen…
Anyway, fuck knows, I hope they turn up alive and well, but damn… Next time someone proposes an extreme deep sea sub held together with parts from Walmart (quite literally), steered by a video game controller, and which apparently cannot communicate with the outside world while deep-submerged, and wants to charge $250K to go gawk at Titanic, maybe society should think twice..?
I mean, come on… 🤦🏻♂️
For a good commentary video from an expert, look up Sub Brief - The Titan Tragedy on YouTube. Edit: the owner of the company called the average marine engineering company "a bunch of 50 year old white guys" and talked about diversity and inclusion and inspiring young persons.
https://youtu.be/4dka29FSZac
Very knowledgeable guy. Worth following for naval stuff.
You could have offered me a billion dollars to go on that thing, and I would have laughed in your face
Thank you, I was on mobile and couldn't get links to work. I have been watching Sub Brief since he was Jive Turkey and was doing Cold Waters how tos and playthroughs. Great guy, and his sense of humor is perfect.
Come on bro just admit you were too lazy lol
Look, I was in a meeting, and my phone auto plays YouTube videos. Alright? There, I admit it, I was posting subversive content on company time!