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Surprisingly the DeepSea Challenger was only $10M as well. Thats certainly a ton of money, but it's in the same ballpark as what ocean gate spent.
by lacksconfidence 2y ago
Surprisingly the DeepSea Challenger was only $10M as well. Thats certainly a ton of money, but it's in the same ballpark as what ocean gate spent.
- em-bee 2y agoi guess the difference was that ocean gate needed to recoup the expense and make a profit as fast as possible whereas the deepsea challenger didn't. so they could take their time and do it right without pressure.
- upon_drumhead 2y agoIf you get the chance to watch Deepsea Challenge[1], it's worth the time. They were under a lot of pressure, which James Cameron was very proud of and the source of. They had more problems then you think, but was able to make it work. [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332883/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332883/
- em-bee 2y agoof course. i meant they weren't under pressure to cut corners and ignore problems in order to make a profit. it was a different kind of pressure, to make sure they didn't miss any problems and to eliminate any risks, and possibly they risked the project being aborted if they could not solve all the problems.
- stavros 2y ago> They were under a lot of pressure At that depth, I imagine they would be.
- gusfoo 2y agoTrue but Ocean Gate were planning on multiple use, surely a higher bar.
- sillywalk 2y ago> Ocean Gate were planning on multiple use, FTA: "up to 10,000 times, according to internal design documents." That seems like an absurdly high amount. > surely a higher bar was that a pun?