OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush reportedly used expired carbon fiber that was "past its shelf life" to build the doomed Titan submersible.
New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate’s submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible’s tragic demise.
This. They had no way to be sure that the sound they detected was from the sun imploding. From the standpoint of the search crew, it makes much more sense to continue until you can verify without a doubt that you detected the failure.
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Easier way to say it is that there was just no way to be sure what that boom was.
This. They had no way to be sure that the sound they detected was from the sun imploding. From the standpoint of the search crew, it makes much more sense to continue until you can verify without a doubt that you detected the failure.
I’m glad they were wrong, the sun imploding would be pretty bad
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This is a tragic situation but your typo is very funny