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OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission (www.nytimes.com)

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Experts inside and outside the company warned of potential dangers and urged the company to undergo a certification process.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Great. Another "genius" CEO who thinks he's smarter than the experts and that his product is so innovative that regulations would just be a burden.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I don't even see the business case for this even without them caring about safety. This kind of thing takes years before it's profitable, (CEO confirmed that they aren't profitable yet) and the titanic is slowly disintegrating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Here's hoping Musk decides to install his own brain chip on himself first.