Titanic submersible

[julian atkinsParticipant @julianatkins58923]

I suppose we and the families of those who died ought to take solace from the fact that those on Titan died instantly.

I don’t believe that there was any forewarning or that any prior attempt was made to resurface or ditch ballast.

It was a catastrophic failure that led to instant death, so quick, that without any conscious of what had happened.

I don’t think that anything debated on here would cause any of the families of those who died any concern. They would want to know that their loved ones didn’t suffer.

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 24/06/2023 16:59:29:

…….. . Unlike a compressed gas, there isn't an equal pressure in all directions in a column of water…..

Regards Nick.

I think you'll find that at a given depth the pressure in a liquid is the same in all directions, but it gets higher as you go deeper.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Give it a rest guys. Let the dead lie

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I don't mind exiting this thread but they were grave tourists paying 200k a pop to ogle at a disaster site with hundreds of victims

And for what? A bucket list tick?

Edited By Ady1 on 25/06/2023 01:34:00

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by julian atkins on 25/06/2023 00:50:02:

I suppose we and the families of those who died ought to take solace from the fact that those on Titan died instantly.

I don’t believe that there was any forewarning or that any prior attempt was made to resurface or ditch ballast.

It was a catastrophic failure that led to instant death, so quick, that without any conscious of what had happened.

I don’t think that anything debated on here would cause any of the families of those who died any concern. They would want to know that their loved ones didn’t suffer.

Yes that is the point. We were led by the media to believe for several days that those people were alive and desperately banging on the hull for rescue until the air ran out. An instantaneous catastrophic implosion is in fact good news under the circumstances.

Edited By Hopper on 25/06/2023 02:06:52

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by duncan webster on 25/06/2023 00:54:08:

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 24/06/2023 16:59:29:

…….. . Unlike a compressed gas, there isn't an equal pressure in all directions in a column of water…..

Regards Nick.

I think you'll find that at a given depth the pressure in a liquid is the same in all directions, but it gets higher as you go deeper.

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… and I think Nick makes a very good point, Duncan

Difficult to visualise, but all about vectors

A gas exerts the same pressure in all directions, because the pressure is generated by molecular activity. But the hydrostatic pressure is dominated [umpteen orders of magnitude] by Gravity, and is therefore directional.

As I opined previously … the column of water will descend to occupy the vacant space before it has time to do any significant shape-changing.

No … I am not an expert, I am just here to improve my own infinitesimal comprehension of things by discussion [the most useful part of which involves ‘listening’], so I was grateful that Nick, with his hands-on experience, seemed to endorse my hypothesis.

Understanding Nature is a work-in-progress, but barely started !

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Hopper on 25/06/2023 01:43:10:

Posted by julian atkins on 25/06/2023 00:50:02:

I suppose we and the families of those who died ought to take solace from the fact that those on Titan died instantly.

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Yes that is the point. We were led by the media to believe for several days that those people were alive and desperately banging on the hull for rescue until the air ran out. An instantaneous catastrophic implosion is in fact good news under the circumstances.

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Amen to that, Hopper

Surely there is no “better way to go”

MichaelG.

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