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by laudablepuss 09/23/2024, 4:11pm PDT |
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This is an unfunny reply to ICJ's funny post, but I thought it'd better be its own thread.
So it *appears* the carbon fiber shell didn't fail. The connecting may be the culprit, which was also identified as a possible weak point, but it's a little bit of a mystery (at the moment) why it failed. The reason is, there's another organization that's been testing submersibles with carbon fiber hulls and connecting rings like that: the US Navy. Apparently they have subs (I think unmanned but still pressurized) that are carbon fiber that have gone deeper and on more dives than the Titan. And the ring design looked similar to the one the Navy uses.
Anyway, carbon fiber for SPACE!!! Would probably be fine? Ships in a vacuum explode, not implode. And carbon fiber excels most at withstanding inner pressure, which is spaceships, vs outer pressure like subs.
See Scott Manley's recent video that I'm too lazy to link to. (I may later when I'm home again.) |
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