MicroWave 7 points 3 years ago

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mook71 6 points 3 years ago

From what I understand, there are only 3 vessels in the world that can go that deep (~2.5 miles). 1 sank leaving 2. As of this morning there is 48 hours of air supply left. The search area is the size of Connecticut. For these reasons I think their survival chances are nonexistent.

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A_A -4 points 3 years ago

Rich people burning resources for a short trip instead of helping their peers will not get my sympathy.
There was nearly a thousand boat people dying recently near Greece, this is where rescue efforts should go.

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WeirdGoesPro 15 points 3 years ago

If you have no sympathy for the passengers, then maybe you can muster some for the submarine captain and the Titanic history expert who are onboard also.

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A_A -8 points 3 years ago

The hearth has limited resources, yet, you will choose where to put your energy and I will respect that, but I will not agree.

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4am 5 points 3 years ago

These seats do not actually cost that much. The money goes to funding the research being done by the organization running the submersible. The ride along is just an incentive to get the funding.

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A_A -1 points 3 years ago

ok, good (or better) but ...
The problem I have is also with the resources wasted for the rescue ... Like : every year you have those millionaires who goes on sail races on the oceans and (many) end up having to being rescued.
The hearth Earth has limited resources and it is dying now, let's make better choices.

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partial_accumen 5 points 3 years ago

The hearth has limited resources and it is dying now, let’s make better choices.

The way you're phrasing your response suggests that if these rescues didn't occur then there would be resources/money available for spending on something else. I don't think that's actually true.

The resources/money used to have rescues like this possible are the same ones we'd have to spend to support commercial use of the oceans. Policing, navigation map updates, ships, sailors, etc.

While there's certainly a small variable cost for engaging this rescue, its not like people were just hired nor were ships just built yesterday to execute this search.

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A_A -3 points 3 years ago

I agree somewhat with you yet :

... there’s certainly a small variable cost for engaging this rescue ...

I think that small cost will be big. if we had to pay $1 million for each and every human being on Earth to be saved, there wouldn't be enough resources to pay for that. if only once in their lifetime each human put themselves in such a dire situation, 4000m below under sea, there wouldn't be enough rescuers on Earth too to save them.

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Nogami -4 points 3 years ago

The maker of the lost Titan submersible previously complained about strict passenger-vessel regulations, saying the industry was 'obscenely safe'

Oops. Things people should not say when diving to an "unsinkable" ship...

https://www.insider.com/...

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