TIL about Alvin, a deep sea sub from the '60s still active today - eviltoast
I Rode a Submersible to the Deep Sea. After the Titan Implosion, I Keep Thinking About What Happened Before We Launched.
slate.com
The vast majority of deep-sea exploration is nothing like the OceanGate disaster.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

Sounds like it was (shocker) really well designed. It even sank once when a cable snapped on support boat — crew escaped, and it was recovered and retrofit. And if things go sideways, the cabin/titanium sphere could detach, floating freely up to the surface.

After hearing about OceanGate, deep sea subs sounded terrifying — but reading about this is somehow very comforting.

  • db2@lemmy.one
    14·
    1 year ago

    Deep sea subs designed by people whose only actual attribute as a person is having money are terrifying.

    • FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 year ago

      The one thing I’ve learned in my 35 years of corporate work is that rich people are absolutely not smarter, and definitely not wiser, than the average worker.