The big engineering problem is the pressure. It is true that submersibles can (and have on both) get there. Divers can not. If a remote submersible is there there is really no reason for a manned one to go, IMO. So the problem is not putting a boat down there so much as what are you gonna do with it once you get there. You have extreme pressures and a pressure/temp that will freeze/precipitate methane and 70K PSI coming out of a broken well head. Could NASA fix this? Sure...in twenty or thirty years and a trillion dollars or so later.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Rod <crazylibertar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > No, I am not kidding Earl. That's why I asked. > > I don't doubt that there are huge engineering problems but, against that > backdrop of sending men to the Moon and repairing space stations, it doesn't > seem all that more of a problem. I do concede that it is plausibly a more > challenging task but I would like to know why. And if it is, then it gives a > lot of pause. But, we did send a submarine down to The Titanic. > > Maybe it is, but if so, then, if for no other reason than PR and photo ops, > he should have had some kind of a summit. > > --- In > LibertarianExchange@yahoogroups.com<LibertarianExchange%40yahoogroups.com>, > earl reese <earljre...@...> wrote: > > > > Yer kidding, right Doc? They neither have the technology or a clue. It's > > why Barry hasn't been present in any sorta significant way (kinda like > Dubya > > wasn't). Let's admit it. Some stuff is just past our technical control. > > BTW, seals aren't much use at 5000 feet. Neither are subs in the military > > sense. > > > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Roderick T. Beaman < > > crazylibertar...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just five days after Katrina, the liberals were calling George W. > Bush's > > > handling of the problem racism and lambasting him for his handling of > it. It > > > included, as a I recall, a blast by some rapper. > > > > > > > > > > > > This is nearly 7 weeks. Where are they now? And why aren't the media > all > > > over him? > > > > > > > > > > > > What strikes me is that Pres. Obama has at his disposal the entire > military > > > apparatus of the United States of America. Where are the submarines > > > dispatched to check it out? With the skills that SEALS and submariners > have, > > > not to mention those displayed in repairs at the space station, it > seems to > > > me that they could be deployed, in some way, to stop this. > > > > > > > > > > > > And what about the regulatory bodies? Will they be blamed? Were they > busy > > > surfing porn sites, like their counterparts at the SEC? > > > > > > > > > Roderick T. Beaman,D.O. > > > Board Certified Family Physician > > > Protect freedom. Disarm the government. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Earl > > > > T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined > to > > specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are > > more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the > government. > > > > James Madison > > > > Never will those who wage war tire of deception. > > > > Sun Wu (Tzu) > > > > > -- Earl T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. James Madison Never will those who wage war tire of deception. Sun Wu (Tzu)
