Anonymous wrote:Only 250 people have visited the resting place of Titanic since 1985. If I had the funds; I would gladly go.

That’s a lot of people! The place is going down the tubes.

Omg. The sun is bolted closed from the OUTSIDE!!

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Anonymous wrote:Only 250 people have visited the resting place of Titanic since 1985. If I had the funds; I would gladly go.

Why? Have some respect. Let them rest in peace.

Do you not want to see the pyramids? Visit Valley Forge? Gettysburg?

“They” aren’t there. Their bodies were devoured by the sea decades ago. Soon much of the wreckage will be lost to history forever as well.

You don’t have to visit Davy Jones’ locker to see those things.

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This is CBS reporter David Pogue's report on the submersible and his own trip to see Titanic a few months ago. It was built using "off the shelf" materials, has only one button inside and is controlled by a game controller. Yes, it was a disaster waiting to happen.

And why is that? Care to back up your conjecture)

The submersible is sealed with 17 21" bolts that can only be unscrewed from the outside.

This is CBS reporter David Pogue's report on the submersible and his own trip to see Titanic a few months ago. It was built using "off the shelf" materials, has only one button inside and is controlled by a game controller. Yes, it was a disaster waiting to happen.

Anonymous wrote:I want to know why the US Coast Guard is being deployed to help. The area is 900 miles off the coast of Canada. Nowhere near US jurisdiction. I wonder how much the search is going to cost taxpayers.

Situations like this provide an unparalleled opportunity for the Coast Guard, etc., to train in “real life.” It doubtless is expensive but they train one way or another, and live missions are more effective than contrived scenarios.

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Anonymous wrote:And here I was thinking people who tried to climb Everest were really foolish.

They are. So are these people. And the Antarctica travelers. More money than brains.

Humankind has made enormous discoveries and gains because of crazy people. From the Polynesians who sailed the ocean in canoes to the cosmonauts and astronauts in recent years, people have taken unfathomable risks out of necessity, curiosity, and thrill seeking. In this case, I could argue that since the objective was tourism, the risk was too excessive. But we would still be living in caves if some of us didn’t have big appetites for risk. That’s just the way some of us are wired.

I want to know why the US Coast Guard is being deployed to help. The area is 900 miles off the coast of Canada. Nowhere near US jurisdiction. I wonder how much the search is going to cost taxpayers.

Anonymous wrote:My husband just said that apparently something similar happened with the sub before, and all turned out ok. Not sure where he read that but he’s usually pretty current with his info.

It did happen before, but the sub was only out of contact for like 2-4 hours. Not this long.

It would be even more terrible if the submersible has resurfaced and they would just suffocate inside, not having been found in time and trapped inside. But they are most likely stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

There is some biological value in doing these deep sea expeditions. The biologists scoop stuff off the floor and get rich fools to pay for it. I know someone who was a biologist on one of these Titanic dives.

That said, it's still a ridiculous idea IMO.

Is it at least one person on the sub the captain/driver/engineer manning it? That poor employer is likely not a “foolish millionaire “,

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Anonymous wrote:Only 250 people have visited the resting place of Titanic since 1985. If I had the funds; I would gladly go.

Why? Have some respect. Let them rest in peace.

Do you not want to see the pyramids? Visit Valley Forge? Gettysburg?

“They” aren’t there. Their bodies were devoured by the sea decades ago. Soon much of the wreckage will be lost to history forever as well.

Anonymous wrote:Only 250 people have visited the resting place of Titanic since 1985. If I had the funds; I would gladly go.

Why? Have some respect. Let them rest in peace.