Could you dive to the titanic?

[jimdoe2you]

................I'm worried if we gave you all those things, you'd never post another thing ever again.

[DeepThought]

Originally Posted by jimdoe2you

I dunno??? ....................in that big tank you'd still have to breathe your own pee pee !!!!

Point being?

[omega3]

"Liquivent"....you got a patent on that??? ace!! Love to see the warning label on that one

I was thinking more along the lines of £10.00 for 1 minute photoshop and I might still be in ma Speedo.

Of course for 10K .....much tidier job.

1000k and the production company goes bust in mysterious circumstances.....hmmmmmm

[naiad]

Originally Posted by omega3

"Liquivent"....you got a patent on that??? ace!!

Here...
http://www.allp.com/LiquiVent/lv.htm

Not my patent though...

[omega3]

Wow!!! There had to be I suppose lol
Wonder if it works?
Thats it settled then....your off to the Titanic.

But I will get there first!

[naiad]

Now I've got to find some sponsors for my project.

Better get started as soon as possible - I wouldn't want to find myself beaten to it by Photoshop!

[sinkweight]

Gimme my swimtrunks, an anchor, a disposable underwater camera, and have a curried bacon/lettuce/tomato/avacado sandy-wich ready for when I come back up!

[Poida]

Reckon an Aussie would be the first to dive to the Titanic if you could breathe beer at that depth.

[Scuba Brad]

You guys have way too much free time on your hands to be thinking about that.

Happy Diving

[Pliny]

Two things.
First: Chefkoch's article was most informative and seems accurate from what I know. Second: RE:isotonic, hyperoxygenated water solution. The US Navy has used this technique on humans successfully (according to navy divers I know) but found it required somthing like an intensive unit to make the transition back to gas and was therefore impractical in the field and they stopped the work.

[Pliny]

I think the subject, although it might seem silly on the surface, brings up a very interesting topic or two. What are the practical limits of working deep? and...Is there any point in pursuing really deep diving if remotely controled vehicles can do the job without the risk?

[Hypersquid1]

i think at that depth you would go squish. from what i have heard, the pressure is too great for a human to dive at. eardrums would probably go first. i will check with my science teacher, he is an expert on air and water pressure.

[John A]

Originally Posted by Hypersquid1

i think at that depth you would go squish. from what i have heard, the pressure is too great for a human to dive at. eardrums would probably go first. i will check with my science teacher, he is an expert on air and water pressure.

We are water, water does not compress. Just clear your ears and enjoy the ride down!

[Hypersquid1]

well if we can dive down there, how come nobody has?

[fogish]

Originally Posted by efattah

Okay, so how do whales dive to 3500m+ without their bones collapsing?

I am going to assume whale bones are nearly or the same in composition as human bones, and this is all just one big shot in the dark. Human bones are filled with marrow, mostly liquid with lots of cells since this is the production center for red blood cells, including the long bones like the tibia. The long bones have a hard compact (compacta) outer surface and the ends are a softer spongy material (cancellous). Cartilage is a very soft bone tissue and contains alot more liquid than regular bone (synovial fluid). I could see a problem with the synovial membrane being damaged in the joints from extreme pressure since our body is not 100% fluid. But I doubt that we have large enough gas pockets and solid structure with no fluid in/around it in our body to have enough of a conformational change from liquid pressure to severely damage the fragile membranes in the body. If your bones happen to be mainly compacta or ossified with little to no marrow inside then I don't know what would happen. I have never tried compressing a brittle object that had liquid inside of it.

Drysuit: The increased pressure on your dry suit would compress against your skin and you may have a circulation problem in that area. So even with a nice drysuit your bodies surface temp. would decrease, unless you had a suit that does not compress at 3800 meters.

In conclusion if you were able to fill the lungs and nasal cavities with liquid descend, at a rate that you could equilize your ears, and keep warm, the bodies structure should not have a problem with it. And you are better off doing this when you are younger, so if we could take that experimental baby and just drop it down there and pull it back it would do fine (minus the temperature) since it's bones are all cartilage.