/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5363443
>It is a many times greater engineering challenge to build a sub that can send humans to the marianas trench, than to build a space capsule such as the Orion
bullshit. Do you know what it takes to get a spacecraft human rated?

Let's do a cost comparison:
Jame's Cameron's submersible: $8 million
1 Pad abort system test for the Orion capsule: $220 million

In short, the cost of testing one subsystem of the Orion capsule was way more than the cost of Cameron's sub R&D and all. How's that for an engineering challenge?

sources
http://www.space.com/8350-nasa-test-launches-rocket-escape-system-astronauts.html
http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/03/james-cameron-challenger-deep-mariana-trench-deep-sea-dive/


>>europa minerals fuels energy
WHY? New life I understand, but if we're exploring europa's oceans to find fuels, energy, or minerals then humanity deserves to go extinct.