Moon's close proximity to Earth may have pushed icebergs into path of Titanic

[dipsydoodle]

A century after the Titanic disaster, scientists may have found an unexpected culprit for the sinking: the Moon.

The transatlantic liner went down in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing 1,517 people. But, says Donald Olson, a Texas State University physicist whose team of forensic astronomers examined the Moon's role, "the lunar connection may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/moons-close-proximity-to-earth-may-have-pushed-icebergs-into-path-of-titanic-7544513.html

[Pholus]

1. Heheheh. Forensic Astronomers....

That must be the rarest job title I've seen in some time...

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. It is a real science which has discovered quite of few things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_astronomy

However they didn't slow down even when warned of bergs . The night watch post warned the helm I seemed to recall.

[Pholus]

4. There's a "forensic" study for everything.

The warning was too late, possibly due to these findings from a "forensic" physicist.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-03/today-good-reads-did-optical-illusion-doom-titanic

Anyway, "forensic" is my word of the day....

[intaglio]

2. I think the real culprit may have been the owner

Insisting the Captain try to break the record for the Blue Riband and sail, at high speed, into iceberg laden fog.

Now if it is the future Starship Titanic you are talking about ...