• floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    He seems to have really thought he was smart enough to outwit all the engineers who told him not to. He called it “innovation” but to others it looked like hubris and delusion.

    Even if he had used a safe submersible it would still have been a very risky business to take tourists down there. Experienced submersible pilots have ended up in trouble around that wreck site because the currents are strong and unpredictable and it’s easy to become entangled in the wreckage.

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      1 year ago

      It just goes to show that you can bullshit, bully & fire as many engineers as you like but you can’t bullshit physics. There’s no talking your way out of being crushed at depth.