>>2011826What would happen if we lived in a sane world is she'd be retrofitted with nuclear-generated electric propulsion and operate as a subsidized passenger vessel with mobile office starlink internet between NY and London.
The superstructure is actually in very good condition, being all aluminium. The hull has fared worse but it's by no means beyond a refit.
But what will happen is that a nation with no pride, no ideas, and an electorate becoming progressively (heh) stupider, will let her be broken because "muh denbts" and "muh radiation". Maybe you could get the appropriations in congress if she was renamed SS Black Excellence or something.
