OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub
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New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate's submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible's tragic demise.
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Actually, money could have been saved... here's why:
Imagine the other possible scenario where the say on the first day "Hey, the sub imploded, we heard it on our underwater microphones, we won't spend money looking for these people..."
And then a future investigation reveals that they got stuck somewhere or lost power but were "buoyant" for 48 hours or so, and died for lack of oxygen when no one was looking for them.
Can you imagine the lawsuits?
Easier way to say it is that there was just no way to be sure what that boom was.
This. They had no way to be sure that the sound they detected was from the sun imploding. From the standpoint of the search crew, it makes much more sense to continue until you can verify without a doubt that you detected the failure.
This is a tragic situation but your typo is very funny
I'm glad they were wrong, the sun imploding would be pretty bad
Whoops
You are too far along in the chain of causalities. The tax payer money was wasted the moment they went under water with an unfit "sub". The search was only necessary because of that.