SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhy is it so hard to find the lost Titanic tourism submarine?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so hard to find the lost Titanic tourism submarine?SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-square3rdBlueWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe sub apparently had a regular “I am ok” ping as well as a way to transmit text messages. How did those work? And if they worked, why couldn’t they do more?
minus-squareSHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI haven’t found an explanation, but photos show a trailing cable. The only two options I can think of that could work are cable (probably fiber, either way, a physical connection either to the mothership or a buoy) sonar (you can modulate data onto a sonar ping) The reason why they stopped communicating is now (likely) known - looks like the sub imploded.
The sub apparently had a regular “I am ok” ping as well as a way to transmit text messages. How did those work? And if they worked, why couldn’t they do more?
I haven’t found an explanation, but photos show a trailing cable. The only two options I can think of that could work are
The reason why they stopped communicating is now (likely) known - looks like the sub imploded.