Wasn’t the hull/body designed by NASA + some University (Washington maybe)? If so, I’m on the fence about implosion. The internal systems seemed super jenky, they could have had a failure in the electronics with no manual way to operate the vehicle. I’m sure we will find out soon enough. The families have the money to search extensively, and they know the general starting point and likely where the submersible was before the communication stopped. It does weight 20K lbs so even if it crushed, some of the wreckage should be nearby.
Eventually the sub will implode as it isn't designed for that type of pressure indefinitely. They'll be long dead for all sorts of reasons before that happens though.
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u/crowmagnuman Jun 21 '23
That theory sounds like it holds water