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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by Yeroc on Monday June 19, 2023 @06:24PM (#36397213)
Well it seems like the President and CEO of the company was onboard the craft so I suppose the answer is "yes".
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by jacquesm on Monday June 19, 2023 @07:26PM (#36397726)
I highly doubt he built the sub.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by wnkrshm on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:10AM (#36401487)
They copied the glass fiber + titanium rings idea from the Deepflight Challenger that Virgin wanted to dive with. [0]

Virgin deemed the design not safe enough for more than a single dive and quietly scrapped the diving events: "Based on testing at high pressure, the DeepFlight Challenger was determined to be suitable only for a single dive, not the repeated uses that had been planned as part of Virgin Oceanic service." [1]

[0] https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersib... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepFlight_Challenger

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by jacquesm on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:03AM (#36404131)
That makes very good sense. Pity they didn't copy the conclusion too.
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