Titanic’s Marconi’s Radio Sation to be retrieved

[AA3JY]

Originally Posted by Montanan

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https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17631595

[Cheechako]

I have a feeling King Tut would be very pleased he's being shown around the world a couple thousand years later instead of forgotten in some crypt.

[denverd0n]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Raising the Huntley was I think an honest historical endeavor.

I don't doubt that a lot of the people involved were interested in the history. I suspect that even more were interested in the money.

Okay. I happen to know someone who is a museum curator. Most people would probably be shocked to find out that one of the most important criteria that she takes into consideration, when looking at possible new acquisitions, is how many more visitors will this bring in, and how much more revenue will we get from it.

Yes, they are very interested in the historic and artistic qualities of what they display, but in the end, they are a business. A non-profit business, sure. A business that is heavily subsidized by our tax dollars even. Regardless of that, they have to bring in money. They have to bring in visitors who will pay an admission fee.

So even the museums that you might imagine don't really care about the money... they care about the money!

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by denverd0n

So even the museums that you might imagine don't really care about the money... they care about the money!

... to a point. Museums will use popular draws ("Erotic Tomb Paintings of King Tut") to help fund the more academic but ultimately more important collections and works.

[laird]

guess the final resting place of families does not count for much to some people ,so what happens after they get the radio ? do they start showing the bones of the deceased ?

[japawil]

It would make more sense to me to simply build a good reproduction of the radio room, looking just like it did on that night. With lit tubes and indicators, a looped file of Morse code and background sounds, etc.[/

https://www.titanicbelfast.com/

[AA3JY]

New update..

https://www.yahoo.com/news/titanic-s...133612724.html

[Discovery 15797]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

I loved the “mission specialists” that are paying moor than $100,000 ea for a dive.
Yeah, it’s not about the money
But what I don’t understand is unless I’m mistaken she was a British flagged vessel and is in International waters.
So what jurisdiction does a US Judge have?

Raising the Huntley was I think an honest historical endeavor.

The jurisdiction is established because the company RMS Titanic Inc. is an American company that located the vessel and claimed salvage rights, and US law in 2017 restricts salvage "unless authorized."

I think it is a horrible idea. I cannot imagine any value or significant historical purpose in salvaging the radio.

[Brian.D]

Originally Posted by Discovery 15797

I think it is a horrible idea. I cannot imagine any value or significant historical purpose in salvaging the radio.

Agreed!

[smac999]

they should take the iceberg on a tour. a really short one...

[CaptTom]

I'm pretty passionate about historical ruins. Shipwrecks are emotionally charged sites. I get that.

But I'm having trouble finding any logical reason I should care whether or not this particular wreck remains undisturbed.

It's inaccessible to everyone except those with the most advanced (and expensive) equipment. Removing a radio - or anything else - won't harm the environment. It's already rusting away and will eventually be gone.

If someone wants to pay to retrieve the radio, and others are willing to pay to see it, how is it any of my business to complain?

[Brian.D]

So then it will be OK to remove one of the boilers from the Arizona and put it on display? Cool, let's get started.

[SVHarmonie]

Originally Posted by Brian.D

So then it will be OK to remove one of the boilers from the Arizona and put it on display? Cool, let's get started.

Except for the total waste of money, I really wouldn’t care one bit.

Not all decisions in the world should be made by the people with the lowest outrage threshold.

[denverd0n]

Originally Posted by Brian.D

So then it will be OK to remove one of the boilers from the Arizona and put it on display? Cool, let's get started.

I had a great uncle who was there when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Not on the Arizona, and didn't die that day (died when his plane crashed in 1943), but he was there. He is memorialized in the Punch Bowl, on Oahu. So, okay, I will admit that I might feel differently if he had actually died on the Arizona, but yeah, I would be okay with removing some artifacts from the Arizona.

I realize that some cultures consider burial grounds to be among the most sacred places. Personally, I don't really get that. The people are dead. There is nothing left but maybe some bones. Their everlasting soul is certainly not kept stored in those bones. So I really don't see what difference it makes.

A memorial is a nice thing. Exactly where it is, or what form it takes, though, I don't see that that makes a great deal of difference. Indeed, for relatives of victims of the Titanic disaster, I can see where there might be some comfort in being able to go to their local museum and see an artifact from the ship. I think it would be kind of nice if they found my great uncle's airplane and were able to bring back some artifacts that I could look at.

[CaptTom]

Originally Posted by denverd0n

I realize that some cultures consider burial grounds to be among the most sacred places. Personally, I don't really get that. The people are dead. There is nothing left but maybe some bones. Their everlasting soul is certainly not kept stored in those bones. So I really don't see what difference it makes.

A memorial is a nice thing. Exactly where it is, or what form it takes, though, I don't see that that makes a great deal of difference. Indeed, for relatives of victims of the Titanic disaster, I can see where there might be some comfort in being able to go to their local museum and see an artifact from the ship. I think it would be kind of nice if they found my great uncle's airplane and were able to bring back some artifacts that I could look at.

Exactly.

My own feeling, which I do NOT ask anyone else to share, is that it's sort of arrogant for me to think I'd be able to "own" a plot of land (burial plot) forever. Certainly there are more dead people than living, and their ranks are growing faster. When I'm done with my body, there will be no need for it to take up any physical space here. Let the living use it.

Where my opinion intersects with public policy is in these sorts of discussions. What exactly is so special about leaving the Titanic exactly how it was when it crashed into the bottom? Wouldn't a memorial that people could see and touch be even nicer? A traveling exhibit could be shared by even more people. Yeah, so they're going to charge admission to cover their investment in the project. That's how our system works. So what?

For the record, I felt the same way about the folks who wanted to leave the entire World Trade Center in NYC undeveloped. That's some of the most valuable real estate in the world. To suggest that dying there entitled anyone to claim exclusive rights over it for eternity seemed pretty selfish. I'm glad they came to a compromise which produced a beautiful memorial for grieving families to visit, without declaring the whole area permanently off-limits.