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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be fair, how will we ever know what caused the Titanic to sink if we don’t study the site of the wreckage?[/quote]

Are you kidding? What caused it to sink is not obscure. It hit an iceberg and filled with water. This is not, um, rocket science.[/quote]

So, you think there is nothing to be learned from a tragedy like that? No design flaws? Or engineering mistakes? To prevent it from happening again?[/quote]

Lesson - when a sailor says  "ICEBERG ahead"  the captain should make attempts to avoid it - not ignore the sailor. This has been proven by many many accounts. 
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They listened to the sailor on lookout, but you can’t stop or turn a ship that size on a dime. They should have taken a less direct route to avoid the ice field after they were warned about it. They should have been sailing slower. The water tight compartments should have been completely watertight, not watertight only up to a certain height. They should have had enough lifeboats to evacuate everyone. They shouldn’t have told people the boat was unsinkable.[/quote]

Any way.... back to the topic.....

Have they said whether they intend to try to bring up the debris or only take pictures? Maybe the actual pieces on hand will help explain what happeed.[/quote]

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