floofloofA friend said he warned Stockton Rush about possible defects on the Titan in 2019 after hearing 'cracking' noises
Sounds like Rush was one of those risk takers and visionaries. These sorts of people hold themselves up as beacons of light and others do too until the risk taking catches up.
I remember I had a boss that like some book they read about one of these sorts of people. My boss even had the company buy each of us a copy to read. I skipped it. What I remember though was the the guy died while doing one of their risky things maybe 6 months later. Just thought it was classic. Guy held up as an example by people in authority shows how stupid those people are by getting himself killed.
The nicest thing I can say about this guy is… umm… he died doing what he loved?
Honestly… I can only hope that when I go, I take a handful of rich businessmen with me.
FaceDeerAnd also one of their kids, who didn't really want to go?
I don't like gloating over the death of random rich people. If people being rich is a problem then this isn't the right solution.
When things are going well, so many feel like the person avoiding or mitigating risk is silly and dramatic, and the person running headfirst into that risk is brave and rational. Then, when something awful like this happens, it’s always, “No one could have predicted this tragedy!” and they learn nothing.
EntropywinsI've been the lame guy at so many drunken bon fires...it sucks but I swear I've saved a lot of folks from themselves, others were beyond my help.
This was the whole cause of the 2008 financial crash.
And the 1980 crash, which lead to many banking regulations, which were removed shortly before the 2008 crash for stifling the economy. Stifling and stabilizing look very similar until you get to the negative parts.
It is just the process of externalizing costs in internalizing profit. Get rid of regulations, take risks, make a lot of money, when the shit hits the fan say who could have known and get someone else to pay for it.
LemonKiwiCherryWhy does he look like Father Ted Crilly, though? 🤔
Careful now.
livus"I hear you're a submarinist now, Father".
daveAnd the money was just resting in his account.
The cracking is science noises that you just can’t understand, now that will be 250k
abogicalThe hull is made out of carbon fiber. It doesn't "crack", it shatters.
Stockton Rush, the former CEO of Oceangate held a patent on a system that listened for cracking of the hull that would warn of hull failure, I wonder how it worked out for him.
As Cameron said, when you hear these "warnings" they tell you that you are already dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XIyin68vEE
This interview with James Cameron is pretty good, talks about the design issues in detail.
James Cameron seems like a really smart dude.
hawkwindSay what you want about the guy. He was confident enough to convince others and it hubris fucked him hard. No human deserves to die, but there should be consequences if your this fucking delusional.
BitOneZeroSince the 1990's I've known people who ride around in old VW's because they were cool. They are not overbuilt and rust is a real problem, but I don't see people worry when 4 people are in the car. I see 6 people in the back of a pickup truck on a regular basis. People will do very risky things on wheeled transportation with high death rates. But when it comes to airplanes, they are hyper concerned about safety. I think people worry too much about the way they are gong to die or the details of a person's last week alive. Makes them ignore the risks in front of them, like car wrecks.