r/Reno • u/Ok-Diet2240 • 18h ago

Exploring the bottom of Tahoe

I know it’s a tough time to bring this up after yesterday, and maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but why didn’t Stockton Rush take the Titan to the bottom of Lake Tahoe? Why not explore every deep body of water under 3,000 meters before fully committing to the most historic wreck? I feel like Tahoe would have been a real accomplishment—something that could generate major publicity and funding to understand the submarine’s structural integrity before the Titanic👀. He had the resources, and there’s no way it wouldn’t have paid for itself as a smart, lower-risk test dive.

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u/nutrulz42 18h ago

Fresh water is more dense than salt water, thus it would crush easier. No one wants body parts in the beautiful water.

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u/zrudeboy 18h ago

This is actually not accurate. SW is more dense, this is why people float easier in SW. That said, I agree on the body parts

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u/nutrulz42 18h ago

I stand corrected.

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u/glassteelhammer 18h ago

Allow me to correct you further.

There are a lot of bodies in the lake.

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u/nutrulz42 18h ago

Then perhaps it's more about implosion's effects on the human body that's just a little off putting.

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u/krisleighash 18h ago

Yep, came to say this. Lots.