Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutting corners

Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by sharx on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:28AM (#36447263)

There are externalized costs besides death though, like the resources deployed in the search and rescue effort. In the case of aviation you can also cause collateral damage or death.

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Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:00PM (#36449507)

Yes, but you have to allow a certain amount of freedom or everything grinds to a standstill.

The approach the FAA takes is perfectly reasonable: you can do this dangerous thing, but you can't legally make money from it, and if you "forget" to tell your passengers, the aircraft itself is labelled "Experimental."

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Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by hisnameisjimmy on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:12PM (#36449679)

I am happy for my tax dollars to go to efforts like these. The world is cooler when we have people doing rad stuff.

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Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by Daishiman on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:52PM (#36450140)

This applies until the cost of people doing "rad stuff" is too high to bear socially.

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Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by akritrime on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:59PM (#36450887)

which is why you most probably can't play with plutonium in your backyard

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Re:Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutti... by sjducb on Saturday June 24, 2023 @02:21AM (#36456103)

Search and rescue is often seen by the military as a high quality training exercise. They feel the stress of a real exercise where someone’s life is on the line.

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