The Titan submersible implosion shares similarities with two other historic disasters: the Titanic and the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole.
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Dramatic improvements in computing, sensors and submersible engineering are making it possible for researchers to ramp up data collection from the oceans while also keeping people out of harm’s way.
Deep underwater, the Titan submersible would have been crushed in less than a second once a defect cracked the hull.
Most submersible designers would elect to have a classification society certify a vessel’s design. OceanGate made the conscious decision to refuse to do this for the Titan.
An expert explains some of the best and worst case scenarios facing the missing commercial watercraft.
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Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Australian Centre for Field Robotics; Director of the Digital Sciences Initiative, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
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PhD Student and Marine Archaeologist, Simon Fraser University
