Titan submarine based on NASA technology, designed to operate 4 km on the high seas

Posted On: June 21, 2023

The Titan submarine that disappeared to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean was created based on the technology used by NASA. Photos/Daily Mail/Space

FLORIDA – Submarine Titan that disappeared to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean was created based on the technology used by NASA. Collaboration between OceanGate and Nasa resulting in Titan submarines that are small, but have a strong hull to withstand the intense pressure of the deep sea.

According to OceanGate, the collaboration with NASA was carried out as part of the Space Act agreement to manufacture special deep-sea submarines. Engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama helped build the submarine. sailor Titan thanks to their expertise.

Washington-based OceanGate consulted with engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama during the development of the Titan deep-sea submarine. As a result, the Titan submarine has the capability of deep-sea diving to 4,000 meters or 13,123 feet.

“NASA’s expertise in the design and layout of the composite hull’s automated fiber placement has been invaluable to this project,” OceanGate Founder and CEO Stockton Rush said in a March statement. 2022 quoted by SINDOnews from the Space page, Wednesday (21/6/2023).

Rush explained that the Titan submarine has a sturdy hull to handle the intense pressure on the high seas as it is made of carbon fiber which is commonly used in space missions. It also includes the manufacturing protocol used, resulting in a lightweight submarine compared to other manned submarines.

“This weight reduction allows our submarines to carry a much larger payload. We use it to transport a crew of five, a pilot, a researcher and a mission specialist,” Rush said.

However, the Titan submarine disappeared while diving into the Titanic wreck site at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 12,500 feet or approximately 3,810 meters. The Titan submarine carrying 5 crew members was reported missing on Sunday June 18, 2023.

Contact with the Titan submarine was lost about an hour and 45 minutes after it left its aircraft carrier to descend into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. It is estimated that the submarine had enough oxygen to sustain its crew for around 96 hours when it went missing.

It is unknown what went wrong or where Titan is now, although an intensive search is underway. The P8 Poseidon aircraft operated by the Canadian Joint Rescue Coordination Center Halifax (JRCC Halifax) reportedly picked up a crash signal near the site of the wreckage of the Titanic.

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