• ChillPenguin@lemmy.world
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    18 天前

    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.