• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Nope and nope. It’s motors are for maneuvering mostly. The emergency ascent is about dumping weights to decrease the sub’s effective density, making it more bouyant.

    The hull was carbon fiber, not fiberglass, and both deform readily under such pressure.