OT - 2 billion dollar minisub

And it's not even atomic powered and can't even fly, like any decent 2
billion dollar minisub should:
http://op-for.com/2008/11/asds_fire.html
But it burns _really_ well.
Your tax dollars at play. :-D

Pat

In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:
http://op-for.com/2008/11/asds_fire.html
But it burns _really_ well.

Well sure, like any laptop:

"The zinc batteries were replaced with lithium-ion batteries."

Wonder if they were "counterfeit..."

rick jones
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The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak.
The real question is "Can it be patched?"
these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...

On Nov 19, 10:37 am, Rick Jones wrote:
In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:

http://op-for.com/2008/11/asds_fire.html
But it burns _really_ well.

Well sure, like any laptop:

"The zinc batteries were replaced with lithium-ion batteries."

Wonder if they were "counterfeit..."

rick jones
--
The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak.
The real question is "Can it be patched?"
these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...

How pathetic, when they could have used h2o2 for a 50+ knot cruising
speed, and otherwise few batteries.

Where were the thermal fuses per cell?

Where was the emergency cell cooling?

~ BG