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The reporter, who followed an expedition of the Titan from the launch ship, wrote that “it seems like this submersible has elements of MacGyver jerry-riggedness.”

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
      13·
      1 year ago

      They could afford to pay $250k for a vacation, and they voluntarily rode this deathtrap?!

      Proof positive that being rich doesn’t make you smart.

      • Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        Where they get to watch the Titanic oh a fricking TV! It could as well just have been a simulation with a small robot that actually goes and films the Titanic.

      • liminis@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        What weirded me out was it was being cast as a joint exploration effort when one of the members was charging the others. Would seem like a total grift, given the cost-cutting steps, if not for the owner/‘designer’ putting their own life on the line too.

        Such deep sea submersibles are inherently a bit of an experimental industry, but even a cursory scan of opinions from others in that community seems to suggest it’s seen as extremely not-kosher to put others’ lives on the line with your experimental craft. Dude just seems to have been a bit nutty, and not altogether considerate enough of his own wellbeing or others’.

    • aleph
      9·
      1 year ago

      Especially when you have to sign a waiver that literally reads:

      “This experimental vessel has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, emotional trauma, or death.” Source