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Man who pulled out of the Titan sub trip with his son said Stockton Rush flew to convince them on an experimental plane he built himself (www.insider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] nihilx7E3@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

right? the more that comes out about oceangate, the more baffled i am that this is a real company that actually generated revenue; i mean the context & details surrounding this story have become ironic enough to be almost cartoonish at this point. even the name of the company in itself seems like some sort of foreshadowing (well, if we're going by past uses of the -gate suffix)

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They weren't a profitable company though, according to the late CEO. And the sub imploded on its 5th voyage.