justoffal
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The pressure at the bottom is astounding. 7 miles deep...5280x.432x7=15,993 psi... That's only approximate because the deeper you go the denser the water and so a cubic inch of water at the bottom is heavier than one at the top....I saw a report yesterday that they have been doing deep sea diving like this back since 1960 and there have been no casualties. Hundreds and hundreds of dives. Some much deeper than where the Titanic was. James Cameron himself has gone down to the Titanic 30 times.
It is safe if you are in the right vessel. The American, French, Russian etc designs have all been with vessels made of the same uniform material. Like all steel or all titanium. The difference is that this design that failed used two different material that had to be laminated together. In the industry most people knew it was unsafe.
Stupidity to save money. The 53 year old White chief safety Engineer was fired for bringing up the issue.
Those rich people should have done their research. Everybody in the industry would have told them it was a tremendous risk.