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TITANIC SUB SEARCH | USCG concludes missing Titan sub met 'catastrophic implosion' (www.youtube.com)

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The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the discovery of debris from the sub, and that the five people aboard are believed to be dead.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why did they go with carbon fiber anyway? It's light, but in a leisure submarine like that you could always just add more buoyancy if the thing gets heavy. Is this a case of an aerospace engineer thinking "everything looks like a nail"? It's poetic he was on it when the composite did the composite thing and became plastic again, if so.