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Missing Titanic submarine live updates - may have 70 hours of oxygen - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

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The vessel vanished on Sunday morning after losing communications an hour and 45 minutes into a dive.

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[–] bufordt 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I feel bad for the people in the submersible, but maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't be doing sightseeing tours 12,000 feet under the ocean surface. Next we'll be taking a sightseeing tour of the oceangate disaster site.

[–] lohrun@fediverse.boo 3 points 2 years ago

Space tourism is going to end up being the same kind of thing, at least initially while they are still learning how to reach space and back safely. People already love going to the top of Everest or to an active volcano, there is just something about danger I guess