@philz to World [email protected]English • edit-22 years agoThe First Images of Titan Submersible being brought ashorei.imgur.comimagemessage-square74arrow-up1337arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1327arrow-down1imageThe First Images of Titan Submersible being brought ashorei.imgur.com@philz to World [email protected]English • edit-22 years agomessage-square74file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@kiwifoxtrotlinkEnglish34•edit-22 years agoBoth titanium support rings were recovered intact. These are what bonded the carbon fiber hull to the titanium ends. There isn’t any evidence of carbon fiber still attached in the photos/ videos of the debris. Edit: more photos
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoSo the front AND the back fell off? Is that normal?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoDoesn’t matter, it happened outside of the environment.
minus-square@totallynotarobotlinkEnglish2•2 years agoI don’t think there’s a reference for normal, since people usually build them in a way and from materials that make them not implode.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoFrom your link it seems that even the front titanium hemisphere is still relatively intact.
minus-square@DosCommaslinkEnglish3•2 years agoLooks like the acrylic window is missing on the front dome. I wonder if it gave out first or got popped out by the implosion.
Both titanium support rings were recovered intact. These are what bonded the carbon fiber hull to the titanium ends. There isn’t any evidence of carbon fiber still attached in the photos/ videos of the debris.
Edit: more photos
So the front AND the back fell off? Is that normal?
Doesn’t matter, it happened outside of the environment.
Well it must be somewhere?
I don’t think there’s a reference for normal, since people usually build them in a way and from materials that make them not implode.
Does it have a wheel on it?
From your link it seems that even the front titanium hemisphere is still relatively intact.
Looks like the acrylic window is missing on the front dome. I wonder if it gave out first or got popped out by the implosion.