1. Titan SubmarineThe Titan Submarine in the sea.Image Credit: Amnat phomuang On 18th June 2023, the Titan Submarine began its expedition to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 5 passengers on board the submersible by ‘OceanGate’. Within a couple of...
then it can lead to criminal charges,” Ritter continued, adding, “For the company to use a video game controller to steer this submarine, that's the kind of thing that makes this ripe for an investigation.”
A submarine could be the next step in Titan exploration. The agency has not selected the Titan sub idea as an official mission, but Oleson and his team did get two rounds of funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which seeks to spur the development of potentially...
stockton rush, had cofounded the company in 2009 as a sort of submarine charter service, anticipating a growing need for commercial and research trips to the ocean floor. at first, rush acquired older, steel-hulled subs for expeditions, but in 2013 oceangate had begun designing what the compan...
"We were thinking about what was the best way for us to execute a rescue, knowing that we were limited in time, knowing that the submarine was a large object to recover," Ed adds. "We knew we had one shot at this." The portable Pelagic control room ...
In 1985, Ballard set out to find the Titanic. He would use an unmanned submarine(无人驾驶的潜水艇)called Argo. Ballard’s research team controlled it from a ship on the surface. Argo had video cameras and lights on it. This let Ballard see the ocean floor. Argo searched for signs of ...
He had initially planned to visit the Titanic wreckage in 2021, before unforeseen circumstances prevented him from exploring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean until the following year. The Titan submarine no longer exists, as it tragically imploded this week with five passengers on board. ...
The bow of the RMS Titanic, which sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912.Nauticus via AP, file Another billionaire wants to ride a submarine to the Titanic wreckage The Titan tragedy exposed the fatal downsides of the unregulated deep-sea tourism industry. Now, another billionaire is pla...
Steering.TheTitanused a video-game controller to steer. While other submersibles may use something that is similar in concept, their steering systems are specifically built for submersibles and are highly reliable. TheAlvin, one of the earliest deep-ocean submersibles, uses a computerized steering sy...
A submarine on Titan would open up the lakes and rivers of liquid methane and ethane that cover the cloudy Saturn moon to exploration. In aNASA video of the Titan Sub mission concept, the robotic submarine sails the Kraken Mare, the largest northern sea on Titan. That alien sea is nearly ...