• misguidedfunk@beehaw.org
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    I wager they don’t have a recovery vessel because they have people sign contracts only allowing arbitration.

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      The CBS guy read aloud part of the thing he had to sign when he rode on it.

      And the video is horrifying on so many levels…

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      I wouldn’t be surprised. But, I suspect there’s also a factor of just implausibility. Apparently, the main vessel they use is “experimental”, so it may just literally be impossible to have a recovery vessel without being a literal government.

      My money’s on this being the result of someone ignoring the “hey, these are not good conditions” warnings.

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          The bit with the contract starts @2:40. At least you can’t say they didn’t know what they were getting into. Still an awful way to go, if it did implode at depth, at least it’d be quick.

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            I think I’d rather implode and go instantly, than be floating on the surface for 4 days and unable to get out while slowly suffocating.

            Neither is my idea of a good time…

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              Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?

              Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.

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                Nope. The hatch is bolted from the outside. They can’t do anything from the inside and are utterly dependent on someone outside with a power socket wrench to unscrew each of the 17 bolts holding the hatch on.

                There are some design flaws with this thing.