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Hitting a container is not that negligible. Vendee Globe had a number of UFO causalities, with a number of boats having to retire, one even breaking in half and
by pbalau 6y ago
Hitting a container is not that negligible. Vendee Globe had a number of UFO causalities, with a number of boats having to retire, one even breaking in half and sinking (the skipper was saved by one of the other competitors). There is the Jules Verne Trophy going on right now, hitting a container at 40 knots is not going to be pretty and these guys have no support boats around to help (the JVT is a single boat trying to go around the world as fast as possible). Even commercial powered boats are not going to be really happy about hitting a container.
Remember all the talk about how disused satellites might cause problems due to debris? That already happens on the sea.
- burntoutfire 6y agoHow do these containers float? Are they sealed so well that no water gets inside?
- chewz 6y agoA container can float up to two weeks - it is almost invisible in the dark or on the radar so a ranger to small boats or yachts...
- dzhiurgis 6y agoAfter Alex had to retire Le Cam is what I vouch for. Amazing race. That said did any of the participants reported hitting container yet? AFAIK all of their autopilots are equiped deep learning AI infrared cameras for this very reason.
- pbalau 6y agoThey said most hit ufos. Adding more containers to the sea is definitely not going to help with this problem. Since they still hit things, the infrared magic cameras don't seem to work that well.