Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUB Fatalities...View Ports...Shatterproof

[DSmith4038@aol.com]

                It sounds to me that if you were down fairly deep in a PSUB 
and a plastic view port blew completely it would more than likely end in your 
fatality. I guess this is when you get into the math of probabilities to base 
your design on (i hate math). If view ports are the weak link in a sub how 
can this be eliminated? Personally I do not believe in betting my life with 
procedural barriers. I prefer the protective barrier is built into the 
design. We talk about view ports shattering. Why not move away from the 
plastic ports and move towards the material used in bullet proof glass? I am 
not familiar with this technology but there is that technology to 
investigate. Now just think , Would you go in a PSUB whose glass was bullet 
proof? Maybe yes, maybe no. Are most PSUBs view ports now shatter proof? Nope.
Doug