Interviews and e-mails with expedition leaders and employees reveal how OceanGate ignored desperate warnings from inside and outside the company. “It’s a lemon,” one wrote.
Great article, really outlines just how headstrong and arrogant Rush was. Pushing the bounds of exploration is one thing, doing it with paying passengers on board is just reckless. The bit about confronting PH Nargolet for giving credence to Ocean Gate was especially well done, seems like the dude was just old and didn’t really care anymore.
That’s not even pushing the bounds of exploration. There is a lot to explore in the ocean, but neither are the sightseeing the titanic wreck or manned bathyscaphes on the list.
Great article, really outlines just how headstrong and arrogant Rush was. Pushing the bounds of exploration is one thing, doing it with paying passengers on board is just reckless. The bit about confronting PH Nargolet for giving credence to Ocean Gate was especially well done, seems like the dude was just old and didn’t really care anymore.
That’s not even pushing the bounds of exploration. There is a lot to explore in the ocean, but neither are the sightseeing the titanic wreck or manned bathyscaphes on the list.