Real Engineering's deep dive on the "questionable engineering" of Oceangate's Titan

So the deepest dive I’ve ever done in a submersible is a ride at Disneyland. I have no idea what it takes to innovate in the field. Even so, I’ve had enough experience with carbon fiber to understand to know that it’s not well suited to repetitive strain. Once it starts to fail, it usually doesn’t stick around long enough to fix – it needs to be replaced.

I can’t imagine why anyone rational would choose it for this application.

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