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      The bit with the contract starts @2:40. At least you can’t say they didn’t know what they were getting into. Still an awful way to go, if it did implode at depth, at least it’d be quick.

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        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…

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          Can they not open a hatch if it’s on the surface?

          Water would be a problem still, but not suffocation, if so.

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            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.