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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Some record breakers don't bother but those are always manned by one person as a private venture and still follow those rules as guidelines. They just don't bother with the formality. The challenger deep wasn't for example. No one balks at that because the people involved knew what they were doing and used pretty sound and tested engineering.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Protip: you can set dates on a Google search to avoid recent news when trying to look up historical information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you set times to ignore new articles? I thought you can only ignore old articles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can do a custom date range including an end date.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Problem with the norms is it's harder to fit five people in a proper sub than a cheap sub. He wanted to "innovate" (cut corners for profit and fame) not do things the right way