stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the ca
i think what people have to understand here is the titan is unlike any other submersible built to go down to the titanic. every other sub built to go down there as a special sphere welded together with steel alloy and titanium, and the titan was made from a carbon fiber composite, and because of that it was much lighter, and because it was much lighter it could be made much bigger. every other sub that goes down to the titanic is a two or three passenger mission. but this carbon fiber material which is a real space age polymer, it can be ten times stronger than steel, but only if it s engineered to exact specifications. and one of the real unknown with a sub like titan is how that material performs over time. how many pressure cycles can it withstand before it fatigues? how do you measure that fatigue with carbon fiber? they were using an acoustic