A submersible speedboat that can dive to twelve hundred feet. If there's a market for this, at a few million a pop, I'll bet that XCOR will be able so sell a few Lynx's to private owners.
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Dave G wrote:
There's a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
But, the concept is Bond-like in coolness.
Rand Simberg wrote:
There's a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
I share it. But even if it could do a couple hundred it would be pretty cool.
Brock wrote:
Lynx probably won't have the same draw from the smuggler's market though ...
Karl Hallowell wrote:
The windows aren't square though. They're cylindrical. Doesn't mean it can handle 35-40 atmospheres of pressure, but it's the sort of shape you'd expect a window under a lot of pressure to be.
brian d wrote:
If there isn't a market for this, at a few million a pop, I'll bet that XCOR won't be able to sell a few Lynx's to private owners.
Steve wrote:
This is so old hat, Johnny Quest had one like this 40 years ago.
David Summers wrote:
The real problem is that a large percentage of the "crazy rich buyers" market is non-US - so ITAR pretty much kills that market. It's enough to make you consider alternate citizenship - Isreal and others have a much more reasonable stance.
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This page contains a single entry by Rand Simberg published on July 17, 2008 11:24 AM.
There's a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
But, the concept is Bond-like in coolness.
There's a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
I share it. But even if it could do a couple hundred it would be pretty cool.
Lynx probably won't have the same draw from the smuggler's market though ...
The windows aren't square though. They're cylindrical. Doesn't mean it can handle 35-40 atmospheres of pressure, but it's the sort of shape you'd expect a window under a lot of pressure to be.
If there isn't a market for this, at a few million a pop, I'll bet that XCOR won't be able to sell a few Lynx's to private owners.
This is so old hat, Johnny Quest had one like this 40 years ago.
The real problem is that a large percentage of the "crazy rich buyers" market is non-US - so ITAR pretty much kills that market. It's enough to make you consider alternate citizenship - Isreal and others have a much more reasonable stance.