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minus-squareStringTheory@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI think I’d rather implode and go instantly, than be floating on the surface for 4 days and unable to get out while slowly suffocating. Neither is my idea of a good time…
minus-squarePigeon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoCan they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface? Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.
minus-squareStringTheory@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNope. The hatch is bolted from the outside. They can’t do anything from the inside and are utterly dependent on someone outside with a power socket wrench to unscrew each of the 17 bolts holding the hatch on. There are some design flaws with this thing.
I think I’d rather implode and go instantly, than be floating on the surface for 4 days and unable to get out while slowly suffocating.
Neither is my idea of a good time…
Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?
Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.
Nope. The hatch is bolted from the outside. They can’t do anything from the inside and are utterly dependent on someone outside with a power socket wrench to unscrew each of the 17 bolts holding the hatch on.
There are some design flaws with this thing.