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Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

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[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 24 points 1 year ago

Lol the imploding submarine guy wants to send people to live in sulphuric acid.

Yeah. Ok.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

It seems like a brilliant idea to me! He and 999 of his rich buddies should definitely aim for visiting Venus.

[-] Mostly_Harmless@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

"Wait, wait, hear me out. Carbon. Fiber."

[-] venusenvy47@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

He literally is quoted as saying that after the Titan implosion. In the article:

"Söhnlein said the Titan passengers' deaths shouldn't stop humans from continuing to investigate carbon fiber hulled submersibles as a way to reach the bottom of the ocean."

[-] UnhappyCamper@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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[-] styx@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

"We have imploded enough, it is time to explode!"

[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago

That's gonna be one hell of an expensive and futile rescue operation...

[-] donuts@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Are we going to have to feign concern and sadness over the rich people who go missing in space?

[-] nightauthor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I think we’re on a downward trend on giving a shit about rich people. So, probably not.

[-] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Luckily, unlike with submarines, the FAA do actually regulate space launches.

[-] Vinegar@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Until humanity is mature enough to stop exploiting, poisoing, and destroying everything in our path it seems best that we quarantine on Earth imo. There is so much possibility down here as soon as we stop trying to run away from home and we bloom where we're planted instead.

[-] elscallr@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Well Venus already has a runaway greenhouse gas problem, so we're ok there.

[-] Girlparts@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Why Venus? Why not Mars where it's a tad more hospitable? Plus throw in a trip to see the rovers

[-] paper_clip@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a region of Venus that's not horrible. It's basically a band in the atmosphere where the ambient temperature and pressure is relatively Earth-like, so one can arguably be outside with just an oxygen mask.

Never mind that a long lasting floating habitat has not been built on Earth, much less thirty million miles away.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161019-the-amazing-cloud-cities-we-could-build-on-venus

[-] Girlparts@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I would love to think he put that much thought into it, but my gut says he just vomited at the mouth

[-] paper_clip@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I am in complete agreement.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Not enough challenges!

[-] ThatGirlKylie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Well they can’t even get 3500m to the ocean floor. You think they can get people to Venus? Lmao absolutely not.

[-] inurblacchole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

i don't understand. of all the people to give a platform to, why this guy? surely there's better business people to interview lol

[-] VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There’s already an album about how terrible of an idea this is.

Infest the Rat's Nest

[-] D-ISS-O-CIA-TED@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Seems like a lot of people on here know about KGATLW. Wonder if it's just here, or if they're just getting more famous worldwide

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jupiter submarine would melt, says XKCD

[-] platysalty@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Obviously carbon fiber is dangerous. Let's make rockets out of solid steel.

[-] elscallr@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I think it's a lot of fun that these companies are developing ICBMs under the guise of space programs.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

As is tradition

"Once the rockets are up, Who cares where they come down? That's not my department," Says Wernher von Braun.

[-] elk@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

This is the entire history of all space programs since the 50s.

[-] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If a space station could be designed to withstand the sulfuric acid in the clouds...

If...IF...

I mean, sulfuric acid is no joke. It eats away clothing, metal; it heats up when it gets wet. The only way you can effectively neutralize it is with soda ash. You just don't design something that's going to survive that for the long-term, and have to send it through space as well. I wouldn't step one foot into anything this man's company makes after the Titan.

Obligatory, "Not you Guillermo."

[-] Nicenightforawalk@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Last time I checked when I was a kid, pretty sure I remember Venus being one of the very last places humans would flourish in.
If his company is cutting corners dropping to the sea floor who is going to follow him to another planet?

[-] wave_walnut@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

People who lead empty lives would like to think that they have become something special by attempting to do for themselves what everyone else considers difficult. Stop climate change.

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