• wjrii@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    More seriously, I think they have a couple of other submersibles rated for much shallower depths, one they built and one they bought, IIRC.

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      I wouldn’t even trust the one they bought, given their attitude to safety.

      “This sub is only rated for 1km? That’s only a suggestion.”

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        I have to imagine something like a submarine probably requires quite a bit of maintenance to stay reasonably safe anyways, and given their reputation of cost-cutting even to the point of gambling with the life of their own CEO and losing, I somehow don’t expect them to be the best at keeping on top of that.

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      Titan was the only sub they actually designed and built by themselves.

      Antipodes was purchased. Cyclops was purchased and refitted - meaning someone else actually designed and built the pressure hull. They did retrofit it so it could be steered with a wireless gaming controller, though!