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Originally Posted by zamler
Being serious that was the problem false sense of security. No tests of any kind were done to see if there were structural integrity issues.
Stockton Rush was like the guy in his back yard building something but with way more money.
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And the other problem, and you see this often with wealthy, powerful and influential people...they somehow always think they're the smartest guy in the room.
Whether its Business executives, whatever the case may be, there are people who think they are somehow ordained by God or some nonsense to be infallible.
Theres something like 3 other people who built Carbon Fiber hulled subs, and all of them used the things once and that was it. Because they knew you couldnt accurately test the structural integrity of the hull and every subsequent dive was a gamble.
James Cameron knew it, Richard Branson knew it, a couple other guys tried it and they knew it, but Rush in his infinite and unquestionable wisdom truly believed that he and he alone was playing the game with an unloaded revolver.
Because he's an idiot who bought his own BS. The most dangerous thing people can do is believe their own lies.
And I sincerely wouldnt have had much of a problem with that. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes....but he took other people with him. For money.
Money he scrimped on in the design of his Sub, and money, frankly, he has plenty of and doesnt need.
Thats the major reason I have no sympathy for him.
I have plenty of sympathy for the
poor outrageously wealthy saps who down there with him. They made a pretty egregious error in judgement, but the punishment for that shouldnt be 'Death by Implosion.'