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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Titanic sub CEO was on a 'predatory' mission to convince influential people to support his unsafe vessel, says expert

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Titanic sub CEO was on a 'predatory' mission to convince influential people to support his unsafe vessel, says expert

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Patrick Lahey, the president of Triton Submarines, told the Times that Stockton Rush had a talent for convincing people that the Titan was safe.

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This quote stands out specifically because he chose to use a Logitech Bluetooth game controller to pilot the sub. All around madness.
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  Depressingly, it sounds like that controller was not even close to the most poorly-chosen component.
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  Truth. Wired controllers FTW.

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