Some of us are engineers! These books are the same books and calculations that are used to make the Seawolf class. The physics of pressure doesn't change for the Navy verses mini-subs.
Brad
>From: "John R. Farrington"
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Beware of reporter
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:31:55 -0500
>
> > I hope they don't take the usual "Goofball builds submarine" tack the
> > national press often does. Locals are fine, but the national folks
> > like to make fun of people they see as "unhip hobbyists."
> >
> >
> > >From: Ray Keefer
> > >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:46:37 -0700 (PDT)
> > >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > >Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] reporter called
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I just had a reporter call me. She was Louise Nap from Wired News. She heard
> > >about us from John Farringtonand is going to follow up with John for
> > >further interviews.
> > >
> > >The article is going out sometime next week.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Ray
>
>
>
>It's OK if they want to take the "Goofball builds submarine" tack.
>I'm not afraid of the truth. ;-)
>
>
>Seriously, in our 2 other talks with the media, I've always
>tried to convey that we've really researched what we're doing,
>and in our case, are following plans designed by engineers.
>
>Louise and I have chatted briefly, and probably tomorrow, Monica,
>myself and Louise will have a phone interview. Her editor or
>someone like that had come across our website and wanted Louise
>to do a story about us. Of course, we'll once again ask that
>they mention the psubs.org website, just so the readers don't
>think that Monica and I are the only goofballs out there!
>
>Hopefully it'll turn out to be good PR for psubs in general.
>
>-John