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Titan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines

  • Written by Nina Mahmoudian, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
imageResearchers are increasingly using small, autonomous underwater robots to collect data in the world's oceans.NOAA Teacher at Sea Program,NOAA Ship PISCES, CC BY-SA

Rescuers spotted debris from the tourist submarine Titan on the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic on June 22, 2023, indicating that the vessel suffered a catastrophic failure and...

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