... it ran out days ago (assuming it didn't implode):

  1. The 96 hours thing comes from the Oceangate website factsheet. Do you think they ACTUALLY tested that by putting five people in it for 96 hours?

  2. Whatever went wrong with the sub (electrical failure, implosion) probably compromised the oxygen supply or made it redundant.

  3. The 96 hours assumes they breathed evenly. Do you think they weren't panicking and trashing and screaming and hyperventilating?

  4. Oxygen is only one part of the problem, the other is dangerous CO2 buildup. These subs have CO2 removal systems that need replacing every 10 hours or so. They would be inhaling dangerous levels of CO2 long before they ran out of oxygen.

They're mega, mega dead.

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    my theory is that the window broke water rushed in and they drowned. I think the window would break before they got to pressures that would kill someone

    they died of being in the ocean though

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      If the window broke, the metal-cutting pressure kills you piercing or compacting your whole body way before you think about "breathing"

      • NotKrause [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The window was rated for 1300 m

        The titanic is at 4000 m

        The more I read about it the more it's confirmed for me that they deserved it fidel-cool

      • silent_water [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I'm pretty sure the titanic is at 13000 meters. we just stop depth rating at 4k meters, for whatever reason. my assumption is that they were supposed to use 4k windows and replace them regularly and instead went with something 1/3 as resilient.