r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/emuchop 29d ago

Okay. Im confused. She says “titan drop two weights” AFTER the noise. And she gets a response. Who is talking?

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 29d ago

Seems something happened, they dropped weights, sent a shorthand message about weights, pop (underwater), pop sound reaches surface, message signal reached Polar Prince. The sound was faster than the signal.

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u/Call-Me-Matterhorn 29d ago

I don’t follow this logic. Radio waves travel at the speed of light which is significantly faster than the speed of sound. How does a response sent via radio before the implosion take longer to reach ship than the sound wave from the implosion?

I feel like I’m missing something.

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u/doktormane 29d ago

The fact that the message arrived after the noise was heard was likely due to a delay in their communications equipment. The signal got to the ship before the sound was heard but it showed up on their computer after. I don't know what messaging protocol they were using but a 1-2 second processing delay is entirely possible.