Obviously just in case it teams up with a toaster for world domination.

Bahahahahaha. 1) The requirement was for a backup camera for enhanced rear visibility. No part of the requirement said to move all controls to be touch screen only. 2) While NHTSA issued the mandate in 2008, they were required to do so by Congress with the passage of the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (H.R. 1216). The origin of the act was the death in 2002 of Cameron Gulbransen. His father spent 5 years to get the act passed.

Nice try in trying blame Obama for that.

So when the Bayesian was delivered in 2008, at the time it had the world's "tallest" mast. But according to you, it was "typical for sloops". So which is it? World's tallest or typical.

And you missed the entire point again. This was a superyacht for a wealthy individual who did ZERO of the sailing as it was professionally crewed. Being 56m it requires a professional crew. I saw no credentials of Mike Lynch that would allow him to sail this boat. So when the owner of the boat insists on the world's tallest mast, do you really think it was for "better upwind characteristics" or was it for bragging rights because he has the world's tallest mast?

Did you know the boat required a professional crew and Mike Lynch would have done zero sailing? Pot meet kettle.

It was a 72m mast for a 56m boat. Nowhere did I say it was the tallest mast, only that it was oversized for the boat.

The max speed of the Bayesian was 12 knots. It was not an AC72 racing boat which tops off at 44 knots. Why would the owner want "better upwind performance" again? He gains a few knots but he has a really big mast that all his friends can see.

It was a SUDDEN thunderstorn around 3:00am. And?

Which hatch do you refer? This was a superyacht, not a dingy. It has multiple entry points most of which would be doors and not hatches. Hatches do exist but generally are for emergency escape purposes. These are not kept open as they lead to crew quarters, engine room, etc.

Citation needed. The first point of investigation is HOW the boat sunk. Again, this was a superyacht with multiple exterior DOORs not hatches. Water tight hatches would separate compartments in cases of leaks or emergency escape hatches are common. Hatches separating compartments are not required to be closed during anchor from what I know. They are generally required to be closed during a voyage.

Again, what are you calling a "hatch"? A hatch has a very specific nautical meaning. This was a superyacht with aft sliding doors (made of glass) and a port side door (probably mostly glass). Hatches generally are steel doors that can be sealed to keep water out.

It is highly unlikely that a passing boat could see inside the Bayesian to know their interior compartments were not water-tight because a crew member left open a hatch. Exterior hatches are small and again are generally used for emergencies. The passing boat would have to know where these hatches are. The boat sank at 3am.

If we take away Mike Lynch was a rich billionaire and it was a random family that died:

• The yacht was sunk probably by a sudden downburst or a waterspout, both of these are very rare weather phenomena for Italy. Some weather or atmospheric science nerds might find that interesting.
• From most accounts, the yacht titled 45 degrees and was unable to right itself. Some people attribute this to the oversized mast. Some boating nerds might want to discuss sailboat design and engineering principles like limit of positive stability.
• The recovery of the boat has already led to one death. Again some people find recovery of sunken boat interesting.

This was a sailboat not a submersible. Many of the openings above the waterline like the doors are not 100% water tight. They are designed to keep spray and rain out not submerged water for an extended period of time.

Not exactly. The design problem was it had a ridiculously oversized mast probably because the owner had to have bragging rights about having the biggest mast. The consensus I have read is there was no functional need for the mast to be that large as it did not make the boat faster.

And why is this a problem? The sailboat was anchored for the night. I am unaware of requirements that the hatches be closed during anchor. Additionally even if the hatches were closed, this was a sailboat not a submersible. It is not designed to be 100% water tight for every opening above the waterline. It was designed so that water spray and rain does get in. When submerged, water will penetrate the doors.

Can you quantify how that might be a problem? ie "The wing tips were 3 feet higher than normal limits." From what I know, many parts of the 787 like the wings are made of composites like carbon fiber. The wings appear to bend more than on the 787 than on the older 777 which used traditional aluminum alloys. The new 777X will have composite wings and will bend more.

While Boeing recently had issues with safety and manufacturing, this plane (registration VT-ANB) was built in 2010 and delivered to Air India in 2014. Air India has been flying this particular plane for over 10 years. The root cause might be a design defect; however, it does not appear to be a manufacturing defect at the moment.

Why are you assuming he made the decision? He announced the decision but remember he is Vice President, not President, not COO, and not CEO of Intel.

In an interview after the disaster, Cameron said he was at first intrigued by what OceanGate was doing. He was not outright opposed to the idea of using carbon fiber for the hull as he thought OceanGate might be doing some new and novel with carbon fiber like a new fabrication process or a composite. When he learned it was regular carbon fiber, he like many others were worried that people would die.

Ironically OceanGate added to the research data. How many dives will a carbon fiber hull last before imploding? OceanGate has the answer.

So you knew that Rush tried to get an accountant with no submersible experience to pilot the sub? You knew the legal lengths Rush went to destroy Lochridge for raising safety concerns? You knew that scale models of the second hull failed tests but OceanGate built the hull anyways? You knew how many people were fired or quit the company over safety concerns?

The submersible industry is not against using carbon fiber unlike what Rush portrayed. It is not for used pressurized applications like the hull. I think it was Cameron that said carbon fiber is used for things like covers and external support brackets for cameras and sensors.