OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible tragedy yields renewed interest in exploration

https://apnews.com/article/titan-submersible-implosion-hearing-e8b5ef4b797b86b43e8b65e721216b26

28 Comments

  1. sure, using unmanned drones instead of sending people to die in glorified soup cans held together with glue

  2. Nothing was being “explored,” & as far as I know, the trip had no scientific value whatsoever. It was just some rich people who wanted to say they saw the Titanic.

    It’s a bit how they changed the definition of “astronaut” so it excluded assholes like Jeff Bezos. These people are not explorers, they are tourists.

  3. Actually, you completely destroyed my interest in exploration so that I am now only concerned with conservation. It’s not gonna matter how much of the ocean is unexplored if everything in it is dead.

  4. Hell, who isn’t ready to hop into a duct taped aluminum can to defend to the depths after that inspirational display?

  5. More like a reminder on how *not* to do it.

    But the real way to do it doesn’t stroke rich egos as well.

  6. He didn’t seem to have learned the lesson, and there isn’t a second carbon fiber hulled sub for him to do a second run.

  7. I hear zeppelins were oh soo popular right after the Hindenburg explosion…. and the Titanic really set the people’s mood for going on transatlantic cruises….

  8. Yes, when there is a high-profile failure leading to human death that occurs in an industry, that famously creates a boon for that industry. Just look at how well Zeppelins took off after the Hindenburg.

  9. In addition to the obvious lunacy of this statement, it’s also irritating that they keep calling it ‘exploration’. They did squat for exploration. The Titanic had already been found and explored a zillion times. They were tour guides, and shitty, deadly ones at that.