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The depth at which this leak is happening elevates it to an entirely new problem compared to any previous spill. noonespecial was right when he said it may as w
by manvsmachine 16y ago
The depth at which this leak is happening elevates it to an entirely new problem compared to any previous spill. noonespecial was right when he said it may as well be in outer space; in fact, one of the lead engineers working on the problem was brought in due to his research adapting mining techniques for off-world situations. Having an army of engineers in a case like this is no more effective than mobilizing HN to tackle P vs NP.
- zeynel1 16y agoThis is what I mean. It seems to me that US has lost its engineering can-do edge. In 1955 going to the moon looked like science fiction and impossible. But that was not a deterrent. If this leak happened 50 years ago, instead of coming up with excuses, US would have fixed it by now.
- manvsmachine 16y agoWe didn't go from zero to the moon's surface in 60 days. My point was that this isn't a numbers game; more engineers doesn't mean things will get done faster. Really, two months is not a long time at all considering what they are trying to accomplish. They don't really have the luxury anymore to be able to constantly experiment and iterate.
- byoung2 16y agoThe depth at which this leak is happening elevates it to an entirely new problem compared to any previous spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill The spill in 1979 was 160 feet deep compared to the current spill's depth of 5000 feet. The 1979 spill took 10 months to contain as all top kill attempts failed.