FloatingAlong comments on Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

submitted 3 years ago by Girlparts@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

Submersible used to take tourists to view wreck of Titanic goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, sparking search and rescue mission.

[–] FloatingAlong@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ, in reading about this, I had been imagining a sleek, high-tech marvel of engineering.

That thing is a slapped-together mess.

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Pretty sure the middle is just PVC pipe from the mix-and-match pipe aisle at Home Depot.

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[–] darkmuggle@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

I would pay $250k to go down in a sub with parts sourced from home Depot /s

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