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>"I firmly believe that the time window available for their rescue is longer than what most people think" This assumes a level of rational, clear-headed thinki

>"I firmly believe that the time window available for their rescue is longer than what most people think" This assumes a level of rational, clear-headed thinking in the face of an unanticipated lethal situation. I am not convinced that most people would arrive at that state of reasoning. Especially because, as time goes by without rescue, a somewhat reasonable line of thinking will increasingly become: "The more time they have, the more likely search & rescue is to find the vessel. I can maximize that time by minimizing the # of people using up limited resources. Let me calculate the approximate speed at which a wireless Logitech game controller must be swung in order to induce a lethal head injury to the other resource consumers..."

jcadam 3y ago
Reminds me of that old Hitchcock film about the lifeboat...
webstrand 3y ago
Now you get to share a cramped space with a decomposing body. I wonder if a decomposing body uses more oxygen than a living one?
- brandonscott 3y ago
  at that temp decomp will slow drastically, so it would for sure be consuming less
pengaru 3y ago
> This assumes a level of rational, clear-headed thinking in face of an unanticipated lethal situation. What I wonder is how long before someone realizes they've passed the point of resurfacing alive and happen to have the man responsible for this, trapped in what's now a deep-sea cage-match to the death. If it's lights out either way with high confidence, one of these paths is far more interesting.
- calyth2018 3y ago
  It's very doubtful they actually were stuck long enough to even consider that scenario. Most likely it was lost, i.e. imploded, long ago when they initially lost comms. They wouldn't have time to even register the event.
  - pengaru 3y ago
    Right, that's clear now that we've got confirmation of the debris field. It wasn't confirmed at the time I wrote that comment...

jcadam 3y ago

Reminds me of that old Hitchcock film about the lifeboat...

webstrand 3y ago

Now you get to share a cramped space with a decomposing body. I wonder if a decomposing body uses more oxygen than a living one?

brandonscott 3y ago
at that temp decomp will slow drastically, so it would for sure be consuming less

pengaru 3y ago

> This assumes a level of rational, clear-headed thinking in face of an unanticipated lethal situation. What I wonder is how long before someone realizes they've passed the point of resurfacing alive and happen to have the man responsible for this, trapped in what's now a deep-sea cage-match to the death. If it's lights out either way with high confidence, one of these paths is far more interesting.

calyth2018 3y ago
It's very doubtful they actually were stuck long enough to even consider that scenario. Most likely it was lost, i.e. imploded, long ago when they initially lost comms. They wouldn't have time to even register the event.
- pengaru 3y ago
  Right, that's clear now that we've got confirmation of the debris field. It wasn't confirmed at the time I wrote that comment...