Raise The Titanic

[cmhbob]

This being the hundred-year anniversary of her sinking, Titanic is in the news this week.

There are people out there who think that it's viable to try and raise what's left of her.

This is why it's not:

http://xkcd.com/1040/large/

 

[been]

thats funny!

 

[flatwins]

That's great! Yeah, I'm thinking it might be best to leave the Titanic right where it's at.

 

[dennishoddy]

Who cares. There are thousands of sunken ships.
Its all about some people that want to make money from people dying.
How about all the merchant Marine sailors that died during WWI and WWII.

 

[RaysZ71]

Titanic is a grave site, leave it alone.

 

[68mustang]

Yes, cause a ship that's been underwater for a 100 years with questionable steel properties is going to come up in one piece. I'm sure the bottom is rusted out anyways.

 

[cmhbob]

She's already in two large pieces, and many smaller pieces. There's supportable speculation that the keel is broken on both bow and stern sections. But you really need to see the graphic to understand the scale of what's involved.

 

[Seadog]

I like the mysterious door on the bottom

 

[DanB]

We need Jesse and Al to help protest the release of the findings of what is behind that door.

Someone spent way to much time on that graphic.

 

[Buddhaman]

Gotta love XKCD. Also, love the Russian hole on the far right side.