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[–] [email protected] 174 points 2 years ago (4 children)

  • The US military heard it and didn’t necessarily want to give away capability of listening devices around the sea floor.

  • The sub was difficult to get to the debris field because it was at an incredibly deep section that few craft are capable of reaching safely.

It was frustrating they made a big deal about something we ultimately could have done nothing about in the first place. However it’s not like the whole “hearing the implosion” thing was something the military wanted to give away and at that depth we have to be careful. Don’t forget we’ve put more people into space than have been to the deepest point on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don’t forget we’ve put more people into space than have been to the deepest point on the planet.

Fun fact, space is easier. It takes more effort to get there, sure. Coming from the "normal pressure" here on earth (about 1 atm) and going to space (0 atm) is a pressure difference of 1 atm. But: Diving into the ocean, the pressure increases the deeper you go. For every ~10 meters (~33ft) you go deeper, the pressure increases by 1 atm.

That means, that a space ships would only need to dive 10 m deep to get to the pressure difference it experiences in space. They went to see the Titanic which is about 3,800 m deep. So the sub needs to withhold a pressure difference that's about 380 times higher than a space ship experiences.

(OK, little difference I omitted: In space you need to prevent the vehicle from exploding, while in the deep sea you need to prevent it from imploding)

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The atmospheres of pressure gag on Futurama is still one of the best that show ever did.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

"Anywhere between zero and one" kills me every time

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup, it’s part of why the idea of rescuing them was never going to happen either. There’s only something like 3 subs in the world that can dive to that depth and they weren’t close enough nor built for rescue missions. Even if they were alive they only had 3 days worth of oxygen. Honestly they’re lucky that the “sub” just imploded rather than dealing with the slow loss of oxygen.

[–] Galapagon 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not sure about that, hypoxia could be a fun time. CO2 poisoning would just be sleepy... So not as fun I guess. Waiting to die would definitely be lame though.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try again. High CO2 is highly uncomfortable. You cannot catch your breath, headaches, confusion, body has to deal with blood trying to go more acidic... CO2 poisoning is anything but a nice nap.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Exactly. Your lungs don't burn when you hold your breath because O2 is low, they burn because CO2 is high. Any other gas to displace the O2 is undetectable (aside from irritants and smells). It's why huffing helium doesn't burn but can make you light headed faster than you realize. That's why CO poisoning is so dangerous. CO2 poisoning is torture. And yet CO2 pits are still legal for kill pits...

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So why did they reveal that info after if it was so sensitive? I wouldn’t have thought that would have changed anything. I also have vague memories of reports of a “sound” being detected early on but then not mentioned again until after. Then again my memory is trash so I dunno

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

How quickly they process the information, how accuratly they could determine the source, and how accuratly they could determine the location would all be fairly sensitive information.

Basically what I'm saying is that if they announced right after it happened that "Hey guys that sub imploded at X depth and the debris field will be at Y location because we heard a pressure vessel of the correct size crush followed by the sound of something of roughly the correct mass crashing into the sea floor." Then everyone would know how capable our equipment is.

Basically announcing it days later gives a conclusion to the questions of what happened and also will likely keep others from meeting a similar fate. Not to mention the benefit of telling other countries that "Yes we can and will find out about what goes on underwater, just how quickly is more of a mystery... For you."

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[–] [email protected] 166 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Definitely thought this was talking about a subreddit and I got real confused there for a minute 😅

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It isn't? I'm still confused what else a "sub" could be in this context...

Edit: after reading more it's "submarine", I've spent way too much time on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

A submarine. You remember the rich maniac who wanted to see the titanic wreck and didn't apply to any safety regulations since it's international water

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

*submersible

Submersibles, unlike submarines, have to be transported to where they are going to operate by a different vessel.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

yeah still getting used to lemmy, months later

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Send more billionaires to see the boat.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

2027 headline: "Craft carrying six billionaires lost at sea during voyage to see the wreckage of the submarine that went last year to see the wreckage of the submarine that went to see the wreckage of the submarine that went to see the wreckage of the submarine that went to see the wreckage of the Titanic in 2023."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Book now for the next layer of viewing! (And showing)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

"Be a part of history!"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tell them it is a tax haven

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would like to nominate Bezos, Musk and of course Trump. Those would be my top 3 I think.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But why did you only name 2 billionaires

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'll let Donnie slide on this one

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What I want to know about that accident is, which idiot kept spreading the lie that the search teams were hearing "banging noises" every half hour, long after the sub had imploded.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Somebody was doing a little trolling

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where's the meme

[–] JohnDClay 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where meme?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Remember when there was a boat full of migrants that sank around the same time and nobody in power gave half a shit about it even though it would've been way easier to locate and rescue those people?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Corporate media moment, dry humping us for ad revenue

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mostly remember the non-stop memes from the moment they went missing.

Good times.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Controller disconnected.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And they were searching every fuckin where but the spot they went down

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

They weren't searching anywhere at all, because they didn't have a suitable submersible available. They were looking on the surface in case they popped up, but once the remote submersible got there, they went straight down to the wreck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Easy there, you’re overthinking this /s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, Im still wondering if they ever had definitive results from their investigation of the wreckage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Logitech controller surely was not to blame.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ironically it copped a lot of flack but I don’t think it was

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Of course not, it's not like it was a Mad Catz controller. Logitech is at least a little bit better than that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I don't know, their new Hub software is kinda bad...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Probably still ongoing, it's not a fast process typically.

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