In an interview with Nat Geo, the Explorers Club president explains why special underwater robots are needed to recover Titan without damaging its fragile hull—but requests to bring the equipment to the search area are caught in a bureaucratic snafu
's hull is made of carbon-fiber composite—which experts worry could be crushed by the"scoop" that the U.S. Navy's Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System employs to retrieve submerged vehicles.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.is made of carbon-fiber composite.
“We believe there might be a living crew, but that they probably only have 24-plus hours of life support—although the crew would probably die slowly over the next days, a person at a time,” says Garriott., but they can only record data and would be unable to assist in raising the submersible if and when it is found.
In addition, at least one ROV, possibly two, was damaged or destroyed during the search-and-rescue mission—a testament to the difficult conditions currently facing rescuers.
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