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by joncrane 893 days ago
Step 1: Build the submarine

Step 2: Don't go in the submarine

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ROVs and AUVs indeed have the distinct benefit of not killing you when they implode.
So many different ways to die in a submarine, so many failure modes. It's one thing to solve all the engineering problems you can identify. It's another to learn from all the failure modes everyone else has encountered.
Step 3: if you do go in the submarine, don't go in a submarine built by a maverick billionaire/millionaire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kim_Wall / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
If you do find yourself in a situation where you are forced to ride in a billionaire's submarine, just make sure it's the billionaire who is fanatically obsessed with deep sea exploration...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepsea_Challenger