• ChillPenguin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Even when OceanGate decided to change the domes in the final design from carbon fiber to titanium, Rush didn’t commission models to test the interactions between the new materials; one former employee who was familiar with Rush’s decision says the CEO balked at the high price tag.

    Bro, wtf. Then they also reused the same o rings from the first hull and ripped it off and moved it to the new hull. I’m surprised they didn’t die sooner. Thing was a death trap.