Mike Reiss said on one dive he took in OceanGate’s Titan submersible, they returned to the surface as soon as they lost communication.

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    1 year ago

    What possessed this man to get in there a second time, let alone three more?!

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    1 year ago

    At first I thought “Why not connect the sub using a cable to a ship on the surface for communication?” Then I thought “Oh wait, it’s 2.5 miles down, no ship could carry that much cable.” Then I read about an unmanned sub on the ship L’Atalante: It has grappling arms that could have retrieved the Titan (had it been intact), and it’s connected to the mother ship by FIVE MILES of cable.

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    1 year ago

    The more I hear about how these people operate, the more my internal screaming intensifies. Yeah, the ocean is inherently dangerous. That’s a reason to take all possible precautions, not a reason to pretend there’s no point in taking any. Sheesh.