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Here's a write-up on the composite part of one of Oceangate's vessels: https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersibles-under-pressure-in-deep-d

by floxy 3y ago

Here's a write-up on the composite part of one of Oceangate's vessels: https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersibles-under-pressure-in-deep-deep-waters https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersib... ...since that article is from 2017, it is not clear that this was the unit that actually failed.

mechhacker 3y ago
Very interesting. Ties sub tech to Steve Fossett, who was working with Scaled Composites before his death. Not saying they are related at all but I am reminded of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash