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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Better to die in an instant than the alternative.

[–] edgarallenpwn 61 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I really didn't care too much about what was going on until last night when I realized the horror of sitting in a metal tube, knowing you probably won't be rescued with a ticking timer of when your resources would run out. It seems like the perfect horror movie but irl. I hope implosion was the cause because the alternative has cause my brain to go into a full panic / existential mode and I am just an observer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thankfully, if the water pressure is enough to crush the steel hull of a submarine, then you'd be obliterated before you could even think about it. That's probably the best way to go in such a situation...

[–] Smokeless7048 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was enough pressure to crush an atomic submarine at 1/5 the depth

[–] TrickyCamel 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they willingly went so far down into a no go depth that guarantees death just to see the Titanic? I don't get it.

[–] DrunkandWantingBacon 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Titanic is a piece of history, and while I’m not willing to risk my life to see it with my own eyes, some are willing to.

[–] Sunforged 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] TechnoBabble 7 points 1 year ago

There was a porthole, it was one of the big safety concerns surrounding the submersible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly, the hull was primarily carbon fiber with some titanium.

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