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As far as I'm aware, and please correct me if I'm wrong, they had never dove to this depth before. So, sure, it was launched before and recovered, but it never
by AdamJacobMuller 3y ago
As far as I'm aware, and please correct me if I'm wrong, they had never dove to this depth before.
So, sure, it was launched before and recovered, but it never experienced the same conditions which caused the failure.
- mjb 3y agoThey did: http://web.archive.org/web/20200814020351/https://www.oceangate.com/our-subs/titan/titan-4000m-validation-dive.html http://web.archive.org/web/20200814020351/https://www.oceang... (At least twice, and probably more times).
- sitic 3y agoApparently it's at least 13 dives since 2021: https://www.geekwire.com/2022/beyond-the-titanic-oceangates-founder-contemplates-future-deep-sea-frontiers/ https://www.geekwire.com/2022/beyond-the-titanic-oceangates-...
- larrywright 3y agoI saw someone on Twitter suggest that this was probably WHY it failed this time. Each dive would weaken it.
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