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hugh3
on April 6, 2011
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Richard Branson Announces Virgin Oceanic Submarine...
The weird thing about the design shown is that it really doesn't look particularly strong. Is that a glass bubble cockpit?
A traditional submarine is a huge steel cylinder. I thought there was a good reason for that.
timtadh
on April 7, 2011
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From and article I read yesterday (I believe it was in wired) the "bubble" is solid quartz.
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A traditional submarine is a huge steel cylinder. I thought there was a good reason for that.