There are some uneasy conversations going on following the implosion of the Titan submersible.
Number one, what does the future hold for such deep sea exploration.
(Titan Submarine via OceanGate.)
A German man who previously journeyed to the Titanic wreck believes the tragedy has ended adventure tourism to the site.
Arthur Loibl made the journey on Titan in 2021. He says it will take a “very long time” before anyone will try bringing members of the public to view the wreck, and it will take a lot of money to develop a vessel that is safe enough to do so.
Larry Daly, a titanic specialist, hopes the incident does not spell the end to exploration. He first made the trip to the site 20 years ago aboard a Russian-made sub and says he felt very comfortable doing it.
He says if we don’t explore, we don’t find anything.
One of the other questions being asked is who pays for the search and rescue mission, a task which involved several countries and agencies.
Merv Wiseman, a former director with the Canadian Coast Guard in St. John’s, figures the search cost tens of millions.
He figures the cost was 10 or 20 million, perhaps even more. Typically, the costs are borne by the country conducting the search and rescue.
