Well, should it? Technology will get better and better. Pretty soon everything that impossible will suddenly become possible as time goes by.
2006-07-20 07:35:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No matter how great technology becomes, we will never be able to raise the Titanic. "Rusticles" are eating away at it piece by piece. The hull is probably going to collapse soon. The Titanic is far too fragile to be raised, unfortunately.
However, if it could be raised, I don't think it would be the right thing to do. 1,500 people lost their lives the night Titanic sank, so the ship is almost like a graveyard, and a memorial for those who lost their lives. I would LOVE to see the Titanic in person, but it just wouldn't be right.
2006-07-21 05:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technological feasibility is the issue at stake. It would be a project of MONUMENTAL proportions to raise a ship that has been sunken for 94 years. No doubt, the hull has been corroding for YEARS, and to jostle it enough to raise it might just disintegrate the whole lot. Aside from that, it would be a feat of engineering to raise a ship a few miles from the ocean floor that weighs a few hundred thousand tons or so.
Besides, even if you could circumnavigate the issue of possibility, the moral issues take stage. Should one disturb the resting place of 1400 souls? What would the families say?
The bottom line - would raising the Titanic have any real benefit? I say, "No - while it would be interesting, there's no real contribution to science or society."
And if you do - where the bloody hell would you put it?
2006-07-20 07:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel it should not be raised. 1400 people died on the Titanic. That would be like digging up a graveyard to find out what kind of clothes people wore 100 years ago.
Our pictorial evidence of the Titanic is extensive, and serves any purpose we would have for it's recovery. Our morbid curiosity is no reason to dredge up the final resting place of so many men, women and children.
2006-07-20 07:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the only grave marker all those people have....I think it should be left alone. However I just watched a show and they said it will probably be completely disentegrated in 5-10 years or so because of the rusticles...the shape it is in now is not sturdy enough to be moved at all and more is collapsing every year.
2006-07-20 16:45:48 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of it this way... very soon, in less than 50 years the Titanic is going to have rusted completely away. Though it may be expensive, I think if we don't raise it, we lose a historical treasure trove.
2006-07-20 08:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by lecouerdunoir 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What for?? the corpses that got trapped in the ship already disintegrated in the water loong time ago. The only justification (bury the bodies with the proper ceremonies and their families) is not valid anymore
2006-07-20 07:41:06 · answer #6 · answered by ma_isa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they do, they will destroy all of the artifacts and stuff that are still down there
Even with all the technological advances, we still need some history and mysteries in this world to remain just that
So...no.
2006-07-20 07:46:19 · answer #7 · answered by Nonna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why just Titanic? Why not all the sunken ships in the water?
2006-07-20 07:41:00 · answer #8 · answered by galactic_man_of_leisure 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's broken into pieces. It's junk. Your insurance agent would look at it and say, "totalled." It'd be more cost effective to build a new one.
2006-07-20 07:49:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
although it'd be cool, since its been under salt water for so long, it might not survive out in the open air. if they could bring it up and not have that happen, that would be awesome!
2006-07-20 07:41:16 · answer #10 · answered by noxregrets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋