Comment on Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site

Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The tragedy is that more of these rich people don’t test that belief against reality.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At least two billionaires keep firing rockets into space as a hobby. It’s only a matter of time.

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• BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This was a reverse tragedy.

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  • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There was a tragedy. One billionaire forcing their child to die

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Trying to do extreme engineering on the cheap.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    it was DIY from start o finish on the craft.

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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How many atmospheres can this ship withstand?

      Well it’s a spaceship airplane, so I’d say anywhere between zero and one."

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• Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The main issue with the Titan wasn’t as much the depth as it was cyclic loading

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  • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, it was entirely the depth. They tested it in the lab and saw many failures but never changed the design.

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• architect@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think it’s more like what are the chances it fails while we’re in it? Fuck it.

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  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Considering that is basically the only time it could fail, I would say the chances were pretty high.

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