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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by dheera on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:03PM (#26588363)
What if they retrofitted the propeller as a winch and connected a steel cable?
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by dahfizz on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:23PM (#26588458)
Just dragging the ship across the sand risks damaging the hull and making the situation worse
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by dmoy on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:18AM (#26588967)
Not to mention dragging a 300,000,000 pound ship through sand is... difficult.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by a9h74j on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:57AM (#26589458)
Next subsidized Elon venture: The Dragging Company.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by yellowapple on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:59AM (#26589469)
"It's A Real Drag(TM)"
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by dheera on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:53AM (#26589441)
Hmm. Are there magic fish that eat sand what we could release down there?
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by Chris2048 on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:25AM (#26593225)
Maybe we can use pumps to inject the sand with hagfish slime?
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by a9h74j on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:23PM (#26598982)
SuezGlide(TM)
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by lhorie on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:28PM (#26588477)
That's going to either snap the cable or damage the propeller. Probably both.
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