The Questionable Engineering of Oceangate
The Questionable Engineering of Oceangate
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It concerns me that we're seeing this more and more in industry. Middle fingers to regulations because when you have enough money, it doesn't matter.
19In this case it wasn't a middle finger to regulation, because no regulation existed. It was a middle finger to the science behind certifying the craft for ad-depth pressures. Additionally, these craft are used in international waters, where no regulatory body has jurisdiction.
13Yeah. I think a lack of respect and understanding of science is a big problem these days. Sure it may not always get things right the first time, but science is always willing to update and adapt based on evidence.
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It's always been this way. Been watching a lot of true disaster videos lately and it genuinely disturbs me how easily and just how many of them could have been prevented by established rules and procedure present at the time.
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It was questionable before June 18th. Now it's unquestionably bad.
17No qualified materials engineer was surprised by this.
12I'm barely qualified to install a logitech joystick and I wasn't all that surprised.
12One could make the argument that they kind of 3d printed a pressure vessel. Using those terms makes it sound about as bad as it actually was.
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Wow! This video really goes deep into the matter.
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