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AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by philz@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everything cracks under pressure, I'm not exactly sure what the above commenter is getting at. If the sub was steel the walls would be thinner. With titanium the walls would be thicker. Without knowing the dimensions of the material we can't know whether it was built to high enough standards.