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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by supernova87a on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:01AM (#30269041)
I don't quite understand why an instrument imploding was such a unique inadvertent experiment? I would have thought that part of normal seafloor mapping was using sonar/ultrasound anyway, or pneumatic charges or something similar.
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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by ILMostro7 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:11AM (#30269505)
"Only a few people have ever visited Challenger Deep."

That kind of goes towards the answer of why it was useful, but also begs the question of why there haven't been more scientists there.

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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by nieve on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:38AM (#30269289)
Possibly the combination of it occurring at great depth and there being another instrument-laden probe right there.
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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by changoplatanero on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:02AM (#30269469)
yeah you would think if it was so useful they could have planned an experiment like this. maybe it's illegal to set of underwater explosions on purpose for a research institute?
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