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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if these people had 96 hours of oxygen I don’t think they had any water.  And I believe you can only live three days without water.[/quote]

Drinking your own urine would give you another day or two.

But it’s moot point, as all signs point to a sudden hull collapse. [/quote]

The submersible has a relatively novel hull of titanium and carbon fiber. Given the brittle nature of carbon fiber, I suspect the monitoring for defects isn't well understood at this time for this application. [/quote]

I'm wondering if the repetitive stress of multiple dives means the submersible has a distinct and measurable shelf-life. Eg, the materials could only do the dive a max of 60 times before it eventually had a catastrophic failure.

If that's the case, then the organizers are under-charging clients at $250K.

It will be interesting to see if they ever find the wreckage. I would imagine that a hull breach would lead to an instant scattering of equipment and the pressure would crush any pliable materials into microscopic particles. There may not even be a noticeable wreckage to evaluate.[/quote]

Carbon fiber is notorious for developing cracks when it's used for bike frames and bike forks. [/quote]

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