How much market is there for unmanned trips?
The amount of equipment you could fit inside this sub is incredible. Probably unparalleled. I can't believe there isn't enough market to be profitable while you test the experimental hull.
The amount of equipment you could fit inside this sub is incredible. Probably unparalleled. I can't believe there isn't enough market to be profitable while you test the experimental hull.
I believe the Aluminaut had a larger internal volume; at least it could carry more people. Up to 7 vs 5 in the Titan. It had a deeper test depth too, and like the Titan, didn't need syntactic foam for bouyancy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminaut
I only learned about this DSV a few days ago but it was really neat. It seems like the design OceanGate should have used.
The goal is just to run on the blue, so that they are not pressured to finish their testing earlier. I can't imagine there isn't enough to film at that depth so that they can't find people willing to pay for the operational costs.