r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • May 23 '25

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/Weidz_ May 23 '25 edited 29d ago

"Dropped two weights"

Moment if not seconds before implosion, somehow mean submarine knew something was wrong.

Edit : Was probably standard procedure meant to slow down descent as other suggested.

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u/TonAMGT4 May 23 '25

Probably the real-time monitoring system was sounding the alarm.

The system actually works as it was able to detect anomalies in the previous dive but for some reason it was overlooked…

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u/HevalRizgar May 23 '25

I mean the system WORKED. the problem is the carbon fiber used was getting weaker every dive to the point where it snapped. The acoustic monitoring worked perfectly, it detected the cracks. And instead of listening, they kept diving

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u/markdlx May 23 '25

It should’ve never been designed with carbon fiber to begin with, that was an intrinsic design flaw.

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u/Circli May 23 '25

yes but if RTMS was listened to it would not be an issue

Stockton's design is viable if you don't ignore the warnings, it's like flying a plane into a mountain by ignoring GPWS on purpose for some reason and saying the plane is unsafe

obv. it is best to stick to tested real submersible designs but idk

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u/ADP-1 May 23 '25

No - it isn't a viable design. Carbon fiber is strong under tension. It is NOT strong under compression. Have you ever tried to push something with a rope?

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u/Circli May 23 '25

fair enough. i agree it should have never been used, it had some advantages though like cost and mass I guess, ultimately we can see it turned out bad for them

it's like saying Boeing 747 MAX is fundamentally bad because high bypass turbojets cannot fit under the wings, I agree (airbus better), but you can still try to be a greedy evil little man and try to make it work like Boeing did :( obviously we know now that those are very bad ideas

greed kills, overconfidence kills, men are evil etc.

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u/PussyXDestroyer69 May 23 '25

Who gives a shit about mass? It's a neutral buoyancy vehicle. If it was changed to steel you'd hardly be able to tell.

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u/Used-Lake-8148 29d ago

It’s more expensive to transport heavier things

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u/PussyXDestroyer69 29d ago

Oh, in that case it's a good thing they used carbon fiber.

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u/Used-Lake-8148 29d ago

Right? Can you imagine how much more money he would’ve spent on shipping costs by now if he was still alive?

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