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The titanic was advertised as unsinkable and we know its history. Advertising this capsule as uncrushable is a commensurate gamble.
by vineyardmike 10mo ago
The titanic was advertised as unsinkable and we know its history.
Advertising this capsule as uncrushable is a commensurate gamble.
- margalabargala 10mo agoJust make it out of carbon fiber. That's what they did with that uncrushable submersible that went to the Titanic.
- UncleEntity 10mo agoI'm pretty sure the issue was with 'move fast and break things' and not using carbon fiber. I think it was on the youtubes I was watching a story about how they built that thing and it was <spoiler alert> not really fit for purpose. I mean, no big surprise in hindsight.
- jjmarr 10mo agoCarbon fibre has poor compressive strength and good tensile strength. That makes it inherently bad at holding pressure from outside in a submarine and good at holding pressure inside a spaceship or airplane.
- IAmBroom 10mo agoDesigned, paid for, and piloted by a complete jackass, but... He never claimed it was uncrushable. He claimed it was safe. Still completely wrong about that, obv.