Please cure my ignorance but I am wondering why people are so horrified about it not beig able to be opened from the inside. I understand that if they surface they'll want oxygen of course but, if they do surface, would opening it be a great idea? They'd be flooded, sink, eaten by sharks, all of the above?It's unlikely they'd be found quickly.
I doubt taking a cyanide pill would be a pleasant death, does anyone know?
@quitezen how apt.
A lot of our most ground breaking inventions and fascinating research has been done by the very rich. I have no less sympathy for these people, they might have a lot of money but that doesn't mean that in terms of wanting to actualise, live and to survive, they're not every bit as ordinary as the next person. I will say that they knew the risks, and still chose to do this, same as if this didn't cost so much money and Jo Bloggs from down the pub was amongst them having paid £50. It's bizarre to me but I am very risk adverse.
It does make me think though that where do we draw the line with that theory? 'they knew the risks'? Is it the same with someone who is injured/killed riding a horse or motorbike? I tend to think that the deep ocean (same as space, although lesser so!)is largely unknown and should be respected, and that's what makes it different.
It reminds me of the cosmonaut who was reportedly crying and cursing as he descended, knowing he was going to die because of the shoddy work on the craft he was in (warning, contains photos of his remains). https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/05/02/134597833/cosmonaut-crashed-into-earth-crying-in-rage#:~:text=Listen%20to%20Komarov%20as%20the%20Soyuz%20capsule%20began%20to%20fail,-Listen&text=On%20the%20Internet%20(89%20cents,engineers%20had%20done%20to%20him.
Which made me think, once these people realise the risks they're at at the hands of the CEO of this mission, wouldn't they want to beat the absolute shit out of him? I think I might!