Titanic expedition possible in 2010 - Polidicks

It'd be fucking amazing if they could literally raise the entire wreck out of the sea.

I call the steering wheel!

i hope they make a movie of this.

What the hell is there to loot on that rusted hull of a ship? The only thing of value would be parts of the ship themselves, and alone they would be rusted hunks of metal. It's not worth trying to preserve, let alone "keep looters away" or some shit.

Whoo, go Norfolk. You and your deep water ports and shit, other ports got nothing on you. Also I live near there, so that makes it ~2x as awesome.

[QUOTE=OvB;18031745]The ship is in such bad shape that it would crumble on contact. Not to mension the long lift it would have to go through. The only feasible way they could do this would be piece by piece. [/QUOTE] Which, coincidentally, they actually did: [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/20/DDG85IUFAB1.DTL&hw=titanic&sn=001&sc=1000[/url] [img]http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/05/20/ba_titanic20_mjm_155.jpg[/img] Somewhere around the house I have a VHS tape of the documentary they shot during the first attempt to recover it back in the 90s. They weren't able to lift it onto the ship because of a lift bag failure, and wound up dropping it all the way back to the bottom of the Atlantic, and it took two years for them to locate and raise it again. Pretty wild stuff. [editline]01:17AM[/editline] [QUOTE=esrande;18037186]What the hell is there to loot on that rusted hull of a ship? The only thing of value would be parts of the ship themselves, and alone they would be rusted hunks of metal. It's not worth trying to preserve, let alone "keep looters away" or some shit.[/QUOTE] It is: A. A priceless piece of history, a symbol of the industrial prowess and extravagance of the height of the Gilded Age, before WW1 destroyed everything. And B. The final resting place of 1,500+ people, and should be respected as such. Not robbed by fortune and fame-seeking douchebags with rented Russian subs.

[QUOTE=Death0nWings;18026025]Going to the moon is an achievement for the human race. Building towers saves room so more people can live on Earth. Keeping a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean doesn't really help anyone. As for the hamburgers, it's because I asked them to. :smug:[/QUOTE] It gets people to invest in oceanic research, that is how this is useful.

[QUOTE=tieto;18034256]I call the steering wheel![/QUOTE] Sorry, wooden steering wheel rotted away a LONG time ago. The brass telemotor the wheel was mounted to is still there, however: [img]http://karendelac.com/titanic/returntotitanic2.jpg[/img] That seam just in front of it is where the front wall of the bridge used to be, it was all swept away in the sinking. broke mah automerge

I say let them do it. The Titanic is probably one of the greatest achievements of mankind. If the captain or who ever didn't forget their binoculars they would never have sunk her and she would probably be docked somewhere as a museum, replaced by a better version of herself. Instead, if they manage to bring her up they will have her settled on some plot of land, as a museum and as a reminder to WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!

[QUOTE=Jurikuer;18038505]I say let them do it. The Titanic is probably one of the greatest achievements of mankind. If the captain or who ever didn't forget their binoculars they would never have sunk her and she would probably be docked somewhere as a museum, replaced by a better version of herself. Instead, if they manage to bring her up they will have her settled on some plot of land, as a museum and as a reminder to WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING![/QUOTE] Actually, If it would have survived it probably would have been used in WWI, or WWII to transport people and consequently sunk by a mine/u-boat like so many of her unfortunate cousins. Like her sister, the Britannic: Before: [img]http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/779/britanniclge390x349.jpg[/img] After: [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7084/britannicclipimage002.jpg[/img] They were triplets, The [I]Olympic Class[/I] liner. Their other sister, the RMS. Olympic never sank, and was scraped after 25 years. The only reason we look at the titanic with such awe is because it sank tragically, If she were to survive, she would have ether sank as a war hero, or been forgotten in some ship graveyard.

I realize I'm approaching the outer limits of nerdness here, but didn't Fox/ABC Family run a TV movie about the Britannic?

[QUOTE=Black-Ice;18030736]Late. I already looted her :smugdog::respek::smug:[/QUOTE] :smugissar: yeah :smug:

I think they should build a waterproof shelter all around it and then pump all the water out.

[QUOTE=firstblood;18039486]I think they should build a waterproof shelter all around it and then pump all the water out.[/QUOTE] ffcuk presure

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;18039570]ffcuk presure[/QUOTE] like a static submarine.

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;18028079]They should build another one[/QUOTE] Name it the Titanic II, it will be an iceberg magnet.

[QUOTE=OvB;18038584] [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7084/britannicclipimage002.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] I always loved these pictures as a kid though they were cool as hell.

[QUOTE=OvB;18038584][img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7084/britannicclipimage002.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] That looks like a... ...never mind...

[QUOTE=:smug:;18048702]That looks like a... ...never mind...[/QUOTE] looks like a ship

[QUOTE=:smug:;18048702]That looks like a... ...never mind...[/QUOTE] Looks like a bloated fish if you ask me.

[QUOTE=OvB;18038584]Actually, If it would have survived it probably would have been used in WWI, or WWII to transport people and consequently sunk by a mine/u-boat like so many of her unfortunate cousins. Like her sister, the Britannic: Before:After: [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7084/britannicclipimage002.jpg[/img] They were triplets, The [I]Olympic Class[/I] liner. Their other sister, the RMS. Olympic never sank, and was scraped after 25 years. The only reason we look at the titanic with such awe is because it sank tragically, If she were to survive, she would have ether sank as a war hero, or been forgotten in some ship graveyard.[/QUOTE] Creepy considering its size.

[QUOTE=zerglingv2;18047350]I always loved these pictures as a kid though they were cool as hell.[/QUOTE] I was terrified by them. I kept worrying that the nightmare fairy would suddenly teleport me to where that picture was and I'd start drowning at the bottom of the sea amongst the rubble of an old ship and then a giant sea monster would eat me.

Titanic is awesome. I'm all for preserving it and preventing looting.

It would be better if they can bring it back to the surface. Or at least create an exact replica of the ship

[QUOTE=BCell;18064241]It would be better if they can bring it back to the surface. Or at least create an exact replica of the ship[/QUOTE] Well, maybe not exact. A double hull, larger rudder, taller watertight bulkheads, and about double the lifeboats would be nice.