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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by acqq on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:32PM (#36412250)
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Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate: "so the pressure vessel is not MacGyver at all because that's where we work with Boeing and NASA and the University of Washington. Everything else can fail: your thrusters can go, your lights can go, you're still going to be safe"

https://youtu.be/29co_Hksk6o?t=219

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by erik_seaberg on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:40PM (#36412829)
This explains the “one button” and hokey controls. Only dropping ballast is life-critical.
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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by acqq on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:34AM (#36416372)
"The experts wrote in their letter to Mr. Rush that they had “unanimous concern” about the way the Titan had been developed,"

"Mr. Kohnen said that Mr. Rush called him after reading the letter and told him that industry standards were stifling innovation."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/oceangate-titanic-miss...

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