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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/u...bmersible.html
"OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission."
"Experts inside and outside the company warned of potential dangers and urged the company to undergo a certification process."
We may not have ocean mapping squared away, but having multiple warnings of "catastrophic" problems with OceanGate and still moving forward with the mission. What say you on this?
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A govt run program is accountable to both congress and the public. Recklessly disregarding safety warnings would result in criminal negligence charges potentially.
Whenever there was a mishap with the shuttle program for example, nasa had to perform a deep dive (pun intended) into what went wrong and fix it.
Deep sea exploration is not a govt regulated space, all the certifications and requirements are not mandatory.
It’s a Wild West capitalist world, therefore people believed the CEO’s claims that there newfangled deep sea tech was better and the warnings were bs. Turns out money and ideas didn’t trump experience and best practices. Go figure.
All the tourists (passengers) that died knew this going in and they got what they got. You win some you lose some no biggie.