Best conversation I have heard on the subject. As a scientist and mechanical engineer, I am shocked by the egregious actions of Stockton Rush who was driven by greed, profit, fame and expediency in replacement for sound judgement that he was taught in engineering school. The act of a madman and his charisma allowed him to convince others to join him and bankroll this death dive. Non technical people have no idea what the risks are. There were literally 20 mistakes made. Stockton Rush was a fool. The other experts interviewed just wouldn't say it.
@ko7577
Жыл бұрын
I thought this, too, until I read their waiver. This was an Ivy league graduate in aerospace engineering. He was experimenting with a submersible and had actually operated this company safely for 14 years. The most beautiful pictures of Titanic that we have came from two Oceangate dives. It's harder to reach the deep ocean safely than it is to go into space safely. This person built a homemade submersible and actually reached Titanic more than once. It would be like your neighbor going to Home Depot, coming back with a few people, and building a homemade rocketship in their back yard. And then casually blasting off into space a couple of times before their rocket ship fell apart. Would you seriously call the neighbor stupid for only making it to space on his own twice without NASA or a billion dollar budget? None of these submersibles are safe. Men weren't meant to exist in the sky, space, or underwater like this. By nature, it's unsafe. But that doesn't keep men from trying. It's always "safe for now" when you're going to an environment like this. His only error was taking these four people down with him. There's nothing wrong with doing risky things. The issue was charging people to go down there with him. Experimental is what it says it is. It means this could fail. If they don't know the meaning of the word "experimental" then yeah, look it up. It means we know this thing could go any dive. Their waiver mentioned "death" 8 times and on the 7th time, it mentions it with the word "negligent." Anyone going down with him deserves a Darwin award. He was bluntly honest that this sub wasn't proven safe, they could and even might die, but come on if you want. They chose to go.
@toomanyaccounts
Жыл бұрын
@@ko7577 wrong. the company wasn't doing dives in the ocean but in canals and lakes. learn about the Triton Submarine craft they were the ones that rediscovered The Titanic and took the footage you are talking about.
@celiajarvis3168
Жыл бұрын
The Instinct of self-preservation. I searched Rush and immediately got Lochridge - "...and the porthole was only certified to withstand pressure of 1,300 meters, even though OceanGate planned to take the submersible 4,000 meters underwater." That was a good enough explanation for me as being unsafe. A nailed coffin. There's a myriad of wrongs.
@MarkShinnick
Жыл бұрын
Tony Nissan never bothered to do a simple bench test model of the tube.
@therealrussellsmyth
Жыл бұрын
Well said
@starscreamx7
Жыл бұрын
“Never Rush your work” has a whole new meaning
@user-ti4tf4kn3o
3 ай бұрын
''Rush'' has a new meaning
@bamadad53
Ай бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken 👏
@jamessmyth5949
Ай бұрын
Never Rush into anything. As the saying goes "More haste less speed."
@richardmattocks
4 ай бұрын
Stockton was free to do whatever he wanted… but being so cavalier with *other people’s* lives is what is unforgivable.
@ExecutionerHopkins
25 күн бұрын
At least he went down with them. Most grifters like that would have just taken the money and watched from a tv screen.
@stanlee-eq7lu
23 күн бұрын
If you ask me, his face should be scrubbed from the internet. Placing the lives of people at risk for his pride and financial gains makes him truly evil. Even in the contracts he had those people sign mentioned their families couldn't sue his company in the events of them dying if anything goes wrong. A new level of evil.
@goofusmaximus1482
23 күн бұрын
And the fallout of his recklessness will have consequences that others will have to deal with. As well as the deep sea exploration community will be impacted by this.
@nayealexandria5722
20 күн бұрын
YES
@oldwomanranting
18 күн бұрын
The passengers placed themselves n peril. There is enough guilt to go around by then all.
@RepellentJeff
Жыл бұрын
Rush: “I’ve spent a fortune.” Physics: “And this gives you power over me?”
@CineSoar
Жыл бұрын
Rush: "I'd like to be remembered as an innovator." You keep saying that word, but you clearly don't know what it means. In fact, you will be forever remembered as the overconfident profiteer, who became so full of himself, that he guaranteed failure in a way that amounted to manslaughter/suicide. An innovator would have tested, and improved, and tested again, until the idea was either proven safe (within a well understood number of dive cycles, plus ample safety margin for cycles and maximum depth) or proven impossible to make safe. Those folks who (some even successfully) rode barrels over Niagara Falls, couldn't truthfully be called 'innovators'. They were stunt people (who had the decency not to take others with them).
@allbuckwild
Жыл бұрын
This comment 🙌🏽🙌🏽
@robertprobst3836
Жыл бұрын
@RepellentJeff No I can't unhear that Tom Hardy voice :D
@tericaclark4871
Жыл бұрын
Bingo 💯🗣️
@BrandonGavin_EDC
Жыл бұрын
@@CineSoarthat’s the truth
@ashamedashley389
Жыл бұрын
The fact that even in the 1930s, with the very first submersible, they managed to create a more appropriate vessel is- wow.
@foxymetroid
Жыл бұрын
Those early submersibles weren't built for the purpose of making money nor were they obsessed with proving all the actual experts wrong.
@ElizabethDelaO
Жыл бұрын
They also were very studied and proved and tested by engineers and certified, also gave a range of risk higher than these dudes, submerging the vessel to less capacity... that CEO Dumbass 🤦
@ko7577
3 ай бұрын
@@foxymetroid Those early submersibles weren't built for making the deep ocean accessible to more common people. Correct. They were made for scientists. Just like the first airplanes weren't made for commercial flight. That came later. And that came later because they found a way to make airplanes affordable to everyday travelers. And thank God they did.
@foxymetroid
3 ай бұрын
@@ko7577 It also came later because there's been a market for long distance travel for centuries. Before planes, you had ships and trains. Planes just offered a far faster alternative.
@0ddly0ddless
2 ай бұрын
USS turtle was the first sub, made in 1775. If a sub from years ago lasted so much longer than a titan, then that says everything.
@SweetBabyRey
Жыл бұрын
What I’ve learned from all this is that just because someone is confident doesn’t mean they are right
@Satans_lil_helper
Жыл бұрын
Amen! "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."
@jenandbarrys5580
Жыл бұрын
Oh jfc you've just learned this my God 😵
@serenedion2524
Жыл бұрын
It’s more like trust your gut. Don’t listen to someone just because they’re confident
@Laura-we8wl
Жыл бұрын
Confidence + ignorance
@rubiirae
Жыл бұрын
Typical silicone valley mindset, just like Elizabeth Holmes, fake it till you make it. All of the sudden you’re either in prison or dead 😶🌫️
@DavidMcCoul
Жыл бұрын
Corners Sockton cut: 1. Use of expired carbon fibers not even suitable for aerospace with a 1 atm pressure differential, let alone 350 atm, 2. Failure to crossweave the fibers during hull construction, 3. Failure to cure the epoxy resin in an autoclave to eliminate bubbles and voids, 4. Failure to perform adequate safety testing or get classed for chartered vessels as is industry standard, 5. Failure to perform nondestructive testing (ultrasound) after every dive to look for new defects, 6. The choice of using carbon fiber epoxy composite as a hull material in the first place, which is much weaker in compression and is prone to buckling delamination failure in this configuration after the cyclic stresses of repeated dives, 7. Blatantly ignoring all experts on the matter, treating all constructive criticism as personal insult, etc... What could possibly go wrong?
@jamese9283
Жыл бұрын
8. Having no genuine concern for other people's lives.
@Gloamy17
Жыл бұрын
9. Using different types of material for each part of the sub which all expand/contract at different points... 😩
@sarcasm-83
Жыл бұрын
+the only-1300m-qualified window
@em84c
5 ай бұрын
Its unbelievable he didn't at least do an ultrasound. He reminds me of a child putting their fingers in their ears saying "I cant hear you!". He didn't want to know anything that said he shouldn't do this trip. Like what he doesn't know can't hurt him.
@johnryan8808
5 ай бұрын
Didn't vary orientation of plies? Not cured in an autoclave under vacuum? Might be useful as a trash bin.
@LynetteTheRogue
Жыл бұрын
I think the most dangerous thing about Rush wasn't that he didn't believe the experts, I think he just thought he was smarter than all of them. The reality was that he knew enough to sound like he knew what he was talking about to people outside the industry, but not enough to understand why all his shortcuts he was taking were such a bad idea.
@stardemonspacecat
Жыл бұрын
Dude had more money than brains !!! :/:/:/
@jamese9283
Жыл бұрын
He didn't believe the experts, and he was careless with other people's lives.
@twright3802
Жыл бұрын
Spunds like a politician I know.
@MichaelRozie
Жыл бұрын
Why hire an expert / advisor if you are going to ignore him.. I never get this with people.. I have seen this many times
@robinantonio8870
Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelRoziethey want you to agree with them, validate them,and if you dont they attack you
@muknut
Жыл бұрын
I found it interesting that they mentioned that his ambition to be an astronaut was curbed by his vision deficiency. In the end, turns out there was a much bigger deficiency with his brain than his vision.
@elijahrobinson2362
Жыл бұрын
He lacked the ability to see his own shortcomings as a designer. Definite vision problems.
@bificommander7472
9 ай бұрын
His first dream was figuratively crushed by literal short sightedness. His second dream was literally crushed by figurative short sightedness.
@asianbboy911
9 ай бұрын
Now that I think about it. Maybe thats why he built a life philosophy around breaking rules and ignoring regulations. One of his ultimate dreams (space travel) was stonewalled by rules that were enforced. He never let that go since.
@Irisedpig
8 ай бұрын
badum tish
@MrAlex_Raven
19 күн бұрын
"Do you lack vision, or do you lack 'vision'."; moments before he was imploded.
@-ragingpotato-937
Жыл бұрын
I guess that at least Stockton was so unbelievably, so incredibly terrible at what he was doing that he didn't end up harming the reputation of the industry. If anything the fact that so many in the industry reached out to try and warn him speaks well of the industry as a whole, trying to keep each other safe.
@semoneg2826
Жыл бұрын
Well trust me people would still be afraid to go on the journey no matter what...what happened to the Titan would cause fear
@ronchappel4812
Жыл бұрын
THIS. When this happened i remember a lot of people worrying about this making them look bad.But you're right- it had the opposite effect
@alienvomitsex
Жыл бұрын
STEM fields are inherently altruistic and collaborative. Something a business owner like Rush couldn't quite understand.
@brendalohrke2402
Жыл бұрын
I only wish that someone would have persuaded those who perished in the dark sea not to get aboard. This is tragic.
@lqfr8813
9 ай бұрын
@@brendalohrke2402 i watch a profiling video of the passangers. most of them are someone who doesnt have any regret anymore if they lost their life except the father and son. those 2 are joining simply because curiousity and doesnt know the real track record about Rush in the industry forum. if both know that other experts have been warning him, i think they wont go
@JorgensZelda
Жыл бұрын
Safety rules are written in blood. If there’s a rule, there’s usually a tragedy behind it. The fact that it never occurred to him to ask WHY it was done that way is just… staggering.
@jonslg240
Жыл бұрын
I don't think this will hurt the industry overall.. in fact I think it has made even more people interested in it. Furthermore, it has also made people aware that they should only go on CLASSED tourism submersibles - which will help prevent other "pioneers" from "rolling the dice" by self-certifying their own submersibles rather than having them certified by the third parties that constitute "the standard certification process"
@jonslg240
Жыл бұрын
Also, I believe he didn't want to certify it because of the costs and time, but more importantly I believe he probably didn't want to get it certified and classed because he had a high suspicion that it wouldn't pass those certification and classification standards & procedures.
@toddkorson6390
9 ай бұрын
The story behind sub safe is testimony to your statement.
@saintetienne755
9 ай бұрын
That he was 'allowed' to ignore this is worse
@Left_4_Dead1997
9 ай бұрын
to be fair, his passion wqs to deep and no money, someone give the man 10 million for a real vessel, in the name of science... not that it matters now... .
@sarcasm-83
Жыл бұрын
"Since Guillermo and I started OceanGate we have heard the baseless cris of "you are going to kill someone" way too often. I take this as a serious personal insult." Someone should etch that to his gravestone. It'd serve as a warning for anyone else who thinks cutting corners while belittling the dangers, driven forth by ego and tbh this is how he deserves to be remembered for his deliberate and continued mistakes in judgment.
@aval1998
Жыл бұрын
It's time to rewrite the dictionary by changing Machoism to Stocktonism!
@maxdecphoenix
Жыл бұрын
There needs to be remains to have a grave, to have a grave stone.
@Ironbattlemace
Жыл бұрын
@@maxdecphoenixJust scoop some flesh mist from the recovered parts and call it a day.
@karenpeninger3334
Жыл бұрын
And the co-founder sounds just as narcissistic! Scary.
@josneira1827
Жыл бұрын
Bruce Ismay arrogant self consumed and naive, deja-vu?
@TheVSharp
Жыл бұрын
The Australian engineer who built James Cameron's submersible said "Cameron was obsessive about every detail and would debate for hours as to whether a titanium washer was better than a stainless steel one." That is the kind of attention to detail and seriousness required for such a dangerous venture. Now ask yourself What's worse, Losing your life for $250,000 or Throwing your life away for $250,000?
@user-bs1lr8nx1h
Жыл бұрын
they gambled and thought they could get away with it - what was the risk1/1000 or 1/10 000 sold to them but the real risk ? 1/25 ???
@ashscott6068
Жыл бұрын
A director arguing about engineering, with an engineer, sounds no better than Rush. I dunno how legit that story is, cus it's a very simple question. A washer made of a good stainless steel, is always going to be stronger than the same washer made of a good titanium alloy, and is going to weigh more by an easily calculable amount, depending on the size of the washer. If either washer is even involved in a safety conversation...use bigger washers!
@legoeasycompany
Жыл бұрын
@@ashscott6068except he's not a director at that time but the person having his own submersible built and has spent the previous 10 years doing deep sea exploration. Given that he was going to solo dive to the deepest point in the ocean, fretting about the smallest things isnt too OCD. If you were putting your life on the line would you trust your life without a second opinion?
@sombongkualat
Жыл бұрын
@@user-bs1lr8nx1h1/5
@multioptioned
Жыл бұрын
James Cameron submersible was a solo craft and cost $10million and was designed to only be used once at 11,000mtrs in Mariana Trench. No tourism plans and not viable to make an income from. Why is anyone thinking seeing the decaying shell of the Titanic and a deep sea graveyard is a tourist attraction anyway?
@Brandon-tk2rw
Жыл бұрын
tbh rush accomplished his goals in life.... he will definitely be remembered for the rules he broke
@buzz5969
Жыл бұрын
He proudly advocated them, its no secret. Im surprised the AMOUNT OF FOOLS who paid 250k to ride that thing lol.
@fucuszullanti7877
Жыл бұрын
@@buzz5969They were people who left their parents basement
@Bialy_1
Жыл бұрын
@@fucuszullanti7877 Some of them also left common sense behind...
@MassMoneyShow
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@ezequielgutierrez3774
Жыл бұрын
@@Bialy_1 Absolutely. Common sense was long gone
@Zoomerland
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush was no engineer. The first thing we learn as engineering students is safety. I worked for a large well known corporation who shipped products I hand been on the design teams that we all knew did not meet published specifications. And bad things happened. Pure greed and just worried about the stock price. This type of behavior is criminal.
@charlieross-BRM
Жыл бұрын
The Rolls-Royce engineering principle: Don't use two bolts, when four bolts will do. :)
@Samurai___Jack
25 күн бұрын
@@charlieross-BRM Come on, are you here for a car or a maths lesson?
@infrasleep
17 күн бұрын
I think I read that the success rate for every component used in the Apollo programme had to meet a 99.9999999% target. I can't even begin to think how low Rush's target figure was (Is "That'll do" a % score?) Also I read that most submersibles and all deep sea subs had two sets of controls hard wired to different power sources to make it fail safe. Rush used a Play station game controller. He must be a brilliant salesman though. Both Harding and PH had been on genuine certified deep sea subs. What on earth made them go on Rush's death trap ?
@That_0ne_Dev
Жыл бұрын
Stockton rush was the first to do something. He was the first person to make a submersible that imploded during a dive
@LuqmanHM
Жыл бұрын
Bravo indeed
@julest5767
Жыл бұрын
it's absolutely infuriating that after being warned about how dangerous their sub was, Oceangate's response was TO CHANGE THEIR WAIVER TO PROTECT THEMSELVLES LEGALLY NOT TO CHANGE THE DESIGN. So selfish and deceptive.
@elliotease4390
Жыл бұрын
No, actually oceangates response was to pretty much rebuild the sub, they replaced the entire carbon fibre hull in either 2020 or 21, it’s just the media for some reason don’t like the mention that aspect, instead they go for the Stockton was a monster approach..
@shooterqqqq
Жыл бұрын
@@elliotease4390 Rebuilt to unsafe specifications? What depth was the port rated for again?
@elliotease4390
Жыл бұрын
@@shooterqqqq and this is the problem with people like you, blindly believing everything you have seen, was the “port hole” as you call it mentioned by the engineer? No, I don’t believe it was, yet you’ve been told it was an issue, maybe you people should wait until the investigation is over before throwing out your wild predictions..
@KittenBowl1
Жыл бұрын
I saw on the news that they actually call themselves “crews” and not passengers so that when accidents happen they’re not liable for manslaughter. Obviously they don’t know the laws. No amount of wavers or calling crews instead of passengers would free them from criminal gross negligence. I hope those enablers and those who kissed his a** for money with zero ethics as an engineer all go to jail for manslaughter. Someone needs to be responsible for 4 people’s deaths. 😢
@LeonAust
Жыл бұрын
@@elliotease4390 The carbon fibre he used was out of life (expired DOE) and the carbon fibre layup manufacturing was not carried out in accordance with specifications..........im a Boeing QA inspector on the manufacturing of carbon fibre aerospace components' and missiles. He didn't carry out the layup process in a clean room, nor did he use an autoclave to cure its prepreg, and did not do any form of ultrasonic inspections of the completed cured structure. Yeah great engineer!.....................he knew better, he is plain and simple "a murderer".
@SucceedREI
Жыл бұрын
The tragic irony is that Rush probably died still believing that they were going be able to resurface and this would all be a minor setback. Even if the recently released transcript of communications with the mothership is real and he and the rest of the crew got the warnings that things were going wrong, he probably still felt confident that it was not as bad as it truly was. And when the inevitable happened, it happened too fast for anyone on the vessel, including Rush, to comprehend the full extent of his catastrophic failure.
@SuperCatacata
Жыл бұрын
The recent transcripts have A LOT pointing to them being fake btw.
@user-bs1lr8nx1h
Жыл бұрын
just as some hat blelive they meet god doing what is actually a sucide -there is now way one can talk sensibility tosuch guys
@feynthefallen
Жыл бұрын
The saddest part about any idiot-induced catastrophe is always if the idiot dies too quickly for anyone to say "told you".
@qualicumjack3906
Жыл бұрын
If u let go of your childish sense of justice your life would be a lot easier
@AdakStillStands
Жыл бұрын
Previous "tourists" report hearing unsettling crack and bang noises during their voyages. The carbon fiber was already damaged and not checked thoroughly. Rush (falsely) relied on the hull monitoring system, which probably updated or reset readings each time it cycled on, resetting the limits. TBD.
@jonny-b4954
6 ай бұрын
What cracks me up the most about the whole thing was their system to "alert" them that the hull was compromised. Like, what? If alarms are going off for compromised hull, ANYWHERE below like 50 foot, you're done. There's no point in having it just to know you're going to die in 5 seconds.
@MiriamLedbetter
Жыл бұрын
The Titan was just a toy and only good for the deep end of a swimming pool. It was nothing short of stupidity to attempt a dive on the Titanic. How it managed to survive previous dives is remarkable.
@LS-Moto
2 ай бұрын
Each dive cycle damaged the hull a bit more, until it couldn't take it anymore. That's true for every sub, but due to the poor material of the Titan, it only done like 10 dives until it popped, whereas proper subs can do hundreds of dives.
@jimmybaldwin737
Ай бұрын
Yeah it’s true. The fact that it made around 10 dives to the titanic. Is a miracle. Did it make nearly 10 dives to the titanic ?
@juliohintze595
Жыл бұрын
I think this will forever be an example of what happens when you don't follow safety standards.
@tankerock
Жыл бұрын
They will make this into a case study
@MetallicReg
Жыл бұрын
@@tankerockThere are sadly a lot of those and the very reason how the standards were formed in the first place.
@moonprincess500
Жыл бұрын
@@tankerocknot just in engineering, but also in the legal fields as well.
@ko7577
3 ай бұрын
This is forever an example of people not understanding that some people are still trying to reach areas of the world that you can't safely reach unless you experiment. Finding a more economical way to reach the deep ocean so that more people can see it is a noble goal, even if some people obviously had to die to trial and error which materials to use. I hope they keep experimenting. I just hope next time civilians have the common sense to learn the definition of the word "experimental."
@juliohintze595
3 ай бұрын
@@ko7577 experimenting is cool, given you're not risking other people's lives. The guy just invited some people to be part of his unsafe experiment. So yeah, he should either make a safer submarine, or send the submarine with no people down there.
@robbie_
Жыл бұрын
Stockton and the Ship of Fools has actually done the industry a favour. Anyone who wants to go on a trip will 100% make sure the vessel is certified now.
@picassoboy52
Жыл бұрын
ship of fools......brilliant.....this term should be used more often
@AvidiaNirvana
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a killer band name...
@scottvelez3154
Жыл бұрын
If you listen to fools... The mob rules!!!🎸🎶
@robbie_
Жыл бұрын
@@AvidiaNirvana It's a phrase from Plato's Republic (translated of course).
@221b-Maker-Street
Жыл бұрын
@@picassoboy52 It's a story from Plato's Republic - very aptly about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. It represents the struggle of good governance to prevail, in a political system not based on expert knowledge. Written in 375 BC - and here we still are. Rather depressingly, we appear to have learned nothing in the intervening years...
@katt1206
Жыл бұрын
its insane to me that we have successfully been down that deep multiple times, and yet instead of just reaching out to anyone who's ever built one, the CEO just... I don't even know, wanted to feel special by DIYing??? Actually absurd
@justnana13-klj40
Жыл бұрын
I just keep thinking he built a "5 minute crafts" vessel. It's sad that he took 4 people with him. They trusted him.... I get the waiver and all, but I'm sure they took that as a simple formality. I mean, not trying to speak for the deceased, but..I guess I'm making sense. Tragic, anyway..
@harrietharlow9929
9 ай бұрын
@@justnana13-klj40You are. Their commercial even says "diving SAFELY to Titanic". People sign waivers everyday but they expect in a case like this that the designers and operators are taking reasonable care in the design and operation of the vehicle upon which they're embarking.
@ko7577
3 ай бұрын
Not actually absurd. The Wright Brothers were also called absurd, and so were the people who strapped wings to themselves trying to help humankind "fly." It turned into the commercial airline industry. There is nothing wrong with experimenting, even if it's dangerous. His only error was thinking people would be smart enough to read a disclaimer with the word "death" in it 12 times and then stay away.
@LS-Moto
2 ай бұрын
@@harrietharlow9929The waivers they signed would get thrown out instantly in a court. You can not make people sign a waiver to cover up for your negligence.
@BMarie774
Жыл бұрын
“You’re remembered for the rules you break”. Uncomfortably true for you, Rush.
@dianamanotti8953
Жыл бұрын
The 19-year-old was the most vulnerable. He completely trusted the mature adults with his life.
@stellviahohenheim
Жыл бұрын
naw he wanted to be the first person to solve a rubics cube in deep water, that's why he wanted to go
@manager4409
Жыл бұрын
Kinda like injecting something in your body because a billionaire told you to eh?
@EE-iy9rq
Жыл бұрын
This is a downside of trusting individuals, worst part is that his parents were willing to take such a risk.
@piotrd.4850
Жыл бұрын
Here's to hoping he had at least opportunity to squeeze a girl's breast and have a kiss before he had gone....
@flyingchocolate4893
Жыл бұрын
@@righteousisthelord180I mean yes you right but he was also a rich kid and they think different. I just think about the useful things he could have done with his 250k.
@espacemaxim
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush will be remembered for the rules he broke
@tonyducks1121
Жыл бұрын
And nothing else.
@stephenbesley3177
Жыл бұрын
I'll remember as a negligent killer
@serpentmaster1323
Жыл бұрын
Indeed. How chilling.
@PotatoToon
Жыл бұрын
He got what he wanted. That was his wish.
@BlueZirnitra
Жыл бұрын
@@tonyducks1121ery few people are remembered for anything, most famous people are known for one major achievement or discovery. As sick as it is, he got his wish, he's literally a household name and will be spoken about at length in basically every engineering course for the next century at least. He's the modern, internet exposed equivalent of every other bloodied "innovator" in history that was stupid enough to put a bad idea to the test in real world situation throwing caution to the wind. The rest of them were relegated to textbooks and lectures.
@Obiter3
Жыл бұрын
Spare joysticks, no beacon. This guy was very, very impressed with himself.
@richjaneRN
Жыл бұрын
True. Smh 🤦🏻♀️
@ElizabethF2222
Жыл бұрын
And no hatch. That was the most insane thing to me, being bolted in from the OUTSIDE so that even if they had been able to surface, they would have to hope and pray the rescuers could find them before they smothered to death. That was insanity and terrible planning IMO. It wasn't a safety argument. It was a physics argument.
@dannybam1
Жыл бұрын
What a Mickey mouse operation that thing looks like a toy that you bought at Toys r Us
@ElizabethF2222
Жыл бұрын
@@dannybam1 Reminded me of my daughter's electric Barbie car. LOL So true.
@Ragnarok540
Жыл бұрын
He called it the Titan after the Titanic. It was a self fulfilling prophecy.
@Despond
Жыл бұрын
No it was a poorly designed piece of technology that failed.
@rationalbasis2172
Жыл бұрын
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Rush job." Though MacArthur never said "You are remembered for the rules you break," Rush certainly will be.
@nonconsensualopinion
Жыл бұрын
New Oceangate slogan: "When you Rush, that's when accidents happen."
@desertsunset8025
Жыл бұрын
Oh , burn ...
@dmercury292
Жыл бұрын
Shakespeare couldn’t have named the main character better than “ Stockton Rush.” Rush, rushed right into this disaster.
@brianr6651
Жыл бұрын
And why would Gen. MacArthur say that? In what context?!
@wyldeyouth
Жыл бұрын
That's very fitting
@ovo5326
Жыл бұрын
Engineering rules are written in blood, if you don't follow the rules, blood will shed
@isocarboxazid
Жыл бұрын
When a certain US political party and its supporters decry "regulation," this is EXACTLY the type of outcome they are advocating for. I'm a clinician, not an engineer, but it's frightening to think about how easily this irresponsible, cavalier attitude could kill people in my field and many others.
@Jake-bt3fc
Жыл бұрын
@@isocarboxazidyeah, I _love_ being “protected” by liberal regulations. Lol. It takes multiple years to get a permit to build a house in Vancouver in the middle of a housing crisis where little shithole townhouses cost a million dollars. Meanwhile they pretend to support working class people even though they’re pricing them out of ever owning a home.
@fly89
Жыл бұрын
yes. BUT other lost lives mostly because of ignorance. This one is because of arrogance.
@jonbui4092
5 ай бұрын
@@isocarboxazidit's maddening. Either their base forgets about how bad things were before the regulations or they prey on people who never experienced how bad it was claiming things were better before regulation. Next thing you know chemicals cause an entire town to have cancer, 14 year olds die in meat packing plants, measles makes a surprise cameo. Take your pick of consequences.
@meganalguire1238
Жыл бұрын
Even though the Titan sunk from ignored warnings and numerous flaws by the material that it was built with, this is a sign to leave the Titanic gravesite alone and let everyone rest that died with the Titanic.
@WWZenaDo
Жыл бұрын
It's highly ironic that Oceangate implied it would bury the expert (Lochridge, who warned about the flaws in the submersible) in legal fees. Yet ultimately it was Stockton Rush who was "buried".
@TravisHi_YT
Жыл бұрын
Yep, the real tragedy is he took 4 others with him, I wish it was Rush alone.
@WWZenaDo
Жыл бұрын
@@TravisHi_YT Agreed.
@jessecurlgoddess7320
Жыл бұрын
Well, he’ll definitely be remembered for the rules he broke but not in a good way
@MatthewBreck
Жыл бұрын
Curl goddes jesus
@GeoStreber
Жыл бұрын
His nickname on the internet is already "Captain Crunch"
@rationalbasis2172
Жыл бұрын
It was a Rush job.
@rationalbasis2172
Жыл бұрын
@@GeoStreber "Regulation stifles innovation" - 2019; "Crackling sound at aft" - 2023. Both quotes 100% accurate Stockton Rush quotes.
@leopardwoman38
Жыл бұрын
@@GeoStreber or Captain CRush
@mindofzay2024
Жыл бұрын
Man think about it. History repeats itself. The CEO had it in his head that his Sub was invincible in the same way many thought the Titanic was unsinkable. It's crazy how parrallel both of these incidents are, as they ironically lost their lives in the exact same location on top of that all. Wow
@Sashazur
Жыл бұрын
Except it was the press that said titanic was unsinkable, not its maker. Big difference.
@mindofzay2024
Жыл бұрын
@@Sashazur Good point, but still either way they were still both thought to be unsinkable/invincible by those who deemed it to be and it's crazy how the human mind will continue to make the same mistakes like this over the years.
@willenhallred7057
Жыл бұрын
it's always money over safety & people , same on the titanic , same on the titan , same sad result
@willenhallred7057
Жыл бұрын
you are right , it was the press , however ask yourself this , how safe is it to have an ocean liner with not enough life boat capacity for the amount of passengers & crew on board?
@LynetteTheRogue
Жыл бұрын
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
@mikesanders4012
Жыл бұрын
Arrogance sank both the Titan and the Titanic. What a deadly force
@VersusARCH
Жыл бұрын
Titanic was sunk by systemic errors that caused a catastrophe in somewhat unusual circumstances. Titan was sunk in normal circumstances because it ignored the well established system practices.
@dougrobbins5367
6 ай бұрын
It was complacency, which is arrogance. Ego was a driving force in both cases. Every major religious or spiritual tradition in history regards arrogance as absolute poison to spiritual development, toxic and highly corrosive to the soul. In christianity, it is the original sin itself, which made god cast satan from heaven into hell, thus creating all suffering, according to that faith. It is the cause of murder, betrayal, abuse, atrocity, and evil, across this old earth, and it has always caused those things. So, I guess you are right. A deadly force.@@VersusARCH
@williamberven-ph5ig
2 ай бұрын
Titanic's builders weren't arrogant. A great deal of planning went into building one of the safest ships of the time. The 2 major factors which caused or exacerbated the disaster were 1) reducing the number of lifeboats from the original design by half: fault the owners, and 2) steaming through a known ice field area at 20+ knots in pitch darkness. Fault, Captain Smith.
@user-mu1de9ut9d
2 ай бұрын
It is written" Pride before destruction"
@jamesmurphy449
Жыл бұрын
Rush is absolutely going to be remembered for the rules he broke. He didn't fail in that regard.
@pretzolboy
Жыл бұрын
i m shocked that only one engineer came forth while the entire company covered up the danger of this craft. So much of this seems criminal
@glenyoung1809
Жыл бұрын
The next implosion will be OceanGate itself, there are indications they're preparing a legal defense and have closed ranks, their website is still inaccessible since the announcement of the implosion. A lot of very tough questions will be asked of anyone and everyone involved with this disaster and so far not a single word from anyone at that company. Not even a statement of condolence for the loss of their passengers/customers. I'm just wondering how many paper shredders and disk erasers they have going now.
@lesigh1749
Жыл бұрын
There were a couple I think. But Rush hired young inexperienced people and said it was because 50 year old white men weren't "inspiring". What he likely meant was those sorts of people had skills and experience and refused to cut corners.
@nadtz
Жыл бұрын
Apparently at least one other employee had concerns and after trying to voice them ended up leaving the company. Their position was apparently as an operations technician and one thing they mentioned was that the carbon fiber hull was supposed to be 7 inches thick but was only 5. They also mentioned that other employees and contractors supposedly raised concerns/doubts but were ignored. How truthful any of that is I can't say but I'd honestly be surprised if as investigations continue and information becomes public it's not confirmed.
@davidahart2476
Жыл бұрын
@@lesigh1749 And the young inexperienced people wouldn't dare question Stockton Rush, Rush even said it himself, that he cut so many corner, Stockton Rush was a careless idiotic person.
@ttrev007
Жыл бұрын
Oceangate sued the guy who spoke up, threat of a lawsuit will silence most people. Even an unsuccessful lawsuit will financially destroy most people.
@Vrais23
Жыл бұрын
He will always be remembered for the rules he broke, broken rules and needlessly thrown away lives under the guise of "exploration". Good job.
@NITROATTACK
Жыл бұрын
yep
@ko7577
3 ай бұрын
Not everyone can stay safe on KZitem all day, judging the world for things they're too afraid to do themselves.
@daveyjones8969
5 ай бұрын
My dad was a steel draftsman, and he worked on the Sky Dome in Toronto. He was checking someone's work and there were over 700 bolts that were too small...on the largest retracting roof in the world. Just a grunt probably prevented a disaster. *They actually had to be replaced, because that section had already been put together.
@sparty94
Жыл бұрын
i really find it hard to understand why someone would be willing to pay $250,000 for a possible glimpse of the titanic through a tiny window.
@sburns2421
Жыл бұрын
If you have enough money that dropping a quarter mil for you is like buying a nice writing pen for most people, the "experience" is primary and the cost is insignificant. Unlike climbing Everest which takes real physical effort and everyone knows you can easily die, you just sit in this tube and look at the Titanic. No effort required and perhaps even more exclusive than the Everest crowd.
@suzvalentino1901
3 ай бұрын
It wasn't a tiny window but a window much larger then other submersibles.
@carlmillbrooks9044
Жыл бұрын
THIS SICK MAN LITERALLY BRAGGED AND BOASTED ABOUT BREAKING RULES.
@claymac7895
Жыл бұрын
A former employee didn’t sue the company. The COMPANY sued a former employee. An employee that was fired for speaking out.
@SleutherStrode
Жыл бұрын
The employee counter sued though so…… what’s your point
@RuyGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@SleutherStrode His point was pointing out facts? Speed up.
@jayhuff239
Жыл бұрын
@@RuyGuyso, you dis someone for pointing out more facts? Drop the arrogant attitude.
@RuyGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@jayhuff239 Your reading comprehension sucks, I wasn't dissing him, I was dissing you for asking such a stupid question: "what's your point?"" Why ask an obvious question?
@michaelc3977
Жыл бұрын
@@jayhuff239 No Jay, his attitude was entirely appropriate given the attitude of the comment it proceeded. Try to keep up, if you can.
@nenegrey2282
9 ай бұрын
"I'd like to be remembered as an innovator" oh, boy. He's going to be remembered as an arrogant, dangerous individual who doesn't care about safety and human life.
@PaperLuigi99
Жыл бұрын
He certainly will be remembered for the rules he broke. Probably not what he had in mind, but he got his wish.
@SaraMorgan-ym6ue
8 ай бұрын
yeah and getting himself and four other people killed by breaking the rules plains and simple🤣🤣🤣
@johnbreymann4506
Жыл бұрын
Rush treated the whole descent like a Disneyland arcade ride. Unbelievable.
@J0hnny22
Жыл бұрын
Indeed... he was way too arrogant or naive!! The ocean depths are as hostile to us as space is. Such irresponsibility
@polarbearsrus6980
Жыл бұрын
Narcissistic, he was delusional.
@Lucaz99
Жыл бұрын
He had too much belief in human ingenuity and technology. Unlike he said in that interview, nothing down there should fail. If your lights go, the trip is useless. If the thrusters go, you might not go up, which slowed their ascent after the RTM system went off. The fact he didn’t have a hatch so that they couldn’t get out if they turned up to the surface? I would never enter this death trap after learning it didn’t have a HATCH.
@ko7577
3 ай бұрын
No he didn't. He had a very clear black-and-white disclaimer that said the submersible was experimental and could and might fail. It mentioned the word "death" 12 times. He knew it could fail. With any kind of experimental device, there's a high risk of failure.
@LS-Moto
2 ай бұрын
@@Lucaz99This is why proper subs always have back up systems. Before every dive, subs are checked thoroughly, including the systems. But Titan was essentially just a toy.
@NikoBased
Жыл бұрын
It's so obvious why Stockton did this. All of the other 10 subs that are able to make this dive, can only hold 1-3 passengers max, and the cost to build one of those subs, while meeting regulatory standards, would outweigh the potential upside of selling tours. Stockton built a sub that holds 5-9 people, extremely cheaply, with parts orphaned from all over the place & carbon fiber that was past its shelf life for Boeing that he got a discount on. This sub was going to be extremely profitable if it worked. It just didn't work. There's no other explanation. If you built the sub correctly, as per the guidelines, you would never be able to get 4+ people in it, cashing in at a $1 million per expedition. Stockton invested in the sub, cut corners and constantly tried to keep this thing profitable. It was a bad business model, and he avoided government oversight by calling everyone onboard an explorer instead of a tourist. If he would have called it a Titanic Tour, he probably would have been violating some sort of existing law that prohibits businesses from doing exactly what he did. All of this stuff about collecting sonar data to help understand the decay rate of Titanic is rubbish. That is yet again an excuse to call it a scientific expedition. Furthermore, he would advertise this in such a way where people going on the tours were effectively listed as employee's of Oceangate during the expedition, as they were told to participate in the scientific activities. He was operating in some sort of legal grey-area with all of this, and I'm surprised he didn't get shut down. On paper this was a scientific expedition, and people were paying to participate in the scientific expedition. In reality he was just selling tours to the Titanic in an extremely dangerous fashion.
@moonboy5851
Жыл бұрын
It’s because he died that people think that’s fair punishment. I disagree. He ended the lives of four people in the pursuit of profit. He is a crook.
@mjinba07
Жыл бұрын
Who cares WHY he did it. If we want to prevent further disasters like this with highly risky tourism, some regulations are in order re. equipment, training, and informed consent. That's going to be particularly important as we get further into space tourism. But, as always, caveat emptor. If someone is willing to risk their life - and the care of their loved ones - for a thrill, that's on them.
@flynick
Жыл бұрын
Seems too obvious but, He could have made it an elipsoide...much stronger than a tube but with the same room
@justanotherhappyhumanist8832
Жыл бұрын
Well said! Best comment I’ve seen on this topic.
@QJacPLo
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more. “Citizen scientists” 🙄 I’m very interested to know what the crew on Polar Prince at the surface was doing for the nearly 12 HOURS it took them to report the sub missing to the coast guard. Very suspicious.
@glenncronise7775
Жыл бұрын
The more I see of Stockton the more I think that he was living on mount stupid of the Dunning-Kruger curve. Those people are intolerable in engineering situations and downright dangerous is life-critical situations. Managers love them because they always act like they know what they are doing. Those same managers ignore experienced engineers who tell them that the project will fail. All you can do is sit back and wait for them to fail and try to avoid having them throw you under the bus for their failure. Wouldn't be surprised to learn that Stockton preferentially hired people living on mount stupid of the Dunning-Kruger curve.
@VS-kf5qw
Жыл бұрын
Worth mentioning here that the guy *did* have an engineering degree... in aerospace. wanted to add this just because I think a lot of other people reading these comments might instinctively think that that being educated and being a Dunning-Kruger gold medalist are mutually exclusive. Not at all. People who are very educated in one field can start posturing as experts in every field, and the result is always both loud and jaw-droppingly stupid (i.e. Dr. Oz and Jordan Peterson). Stockton Rush probably could have made a real legacy for himself if he hadn't decided he was smarter and more special than every other engineer who had reached a consensus.
@glenncronise7775
Жыл бұрын
@@VS-kf5qw I worked with people who (claimed to) had PhDs. And a few of those were Dunning-Kruger subjects. So yes, education has no bearing of where you are on that curve.
@DarrenSaw
Жыл бұрын
@@VS-kf5qwvery true, James Tour is a good example of this.
@em84c
5 ай бұрын
@@VS-kf5qwinteresting. There is a lot less pressure in space than deep under the sea.
@laughingotter1125
3 ай бұрын
People don't use the word "hubris" enough.
@daniduc
Жыл бұрын
Cameron didn't dive 30 times to the titanic on a self designed sub. His 33 dives to the Titanic were on a russian sub, Mir, operated by the Russian Academy of Sciences. He did dive on a self designed sub to Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
@NavigatorMother
Жыл бұрын
They have a few errors in this episode. They seem to want the dirt on SR's frame of mind, rather than the facts to a certain extent.. but these professionalswill hardly badmouth another engineer. It's not cricket, or ethical. Leave that to youter's..
@Dropsey818
Жыл бұрын
no body asked, so sick of seeing this garbage being sensationalized its so boring,
@adamdurham16
Жыл бұрын
@@DerpDerpDerpDerpDerpDerpDerpyes and with that sub is the first man to go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. It’s wild.
@scottvelez3154
Жыл бұрын
That's even more impressive, this man James Cameron out here doing side quests.
@stanzanossi
Жыл бұрын
@@adamdurham16 James Cameron is a Canadian hero! Unfortunately, a lot of people think he's an American! Check out all the other great movies he made besides the Titanic!!!
@cookiescott9329
Жыл бұрын
Rush knew the dangers and he was willing to put his life on the line, but he had no right to put others in danger.
@jnnlis
Жыл бұрын
That’s what makes him so despicable.
@kevingalgay
Жыл бұрын
Ph nargolet knew too and I’m sure hamish did as well but the two Pakistanis not so much.
@James-Johnson313
Жыл бұрын
@@kevingalgayNGL, that is low-key racist. Just because they aren't white/western doesn't make them fools.
@CFox.7
Жыл бұрын
A rudimentary search reveals carbon fibre doesnt yield - just fails catastrophically. Besides that nother google search would reveal the historical evidence of concerns with safety. If these ppl ( including "mission specialists/passengers" were so cavalier with their own lives imagine how they possibly felt about those they had influence over.
@GrabbaBeer
Жыл бұрын
He didn’t, they signed up for it
@Every-picture-tells-a-story
3 ай бұрын
You might as well take the middle of a toilet paper roll and put two titanium caps at each end and call it the titan Ocean gate.
@wonderglory
Жыл бұрын
OceanGate should definitely make a $1,250,000 donation to the Titanic Historical Society!
@clareomarfran
Жыл бұрын
There is another sub that's not certified, owned and operated by Karl Stanley who has made more than 2,000 successful dives. He was a passenger on Stockton's second trip to the Titanic. Stanley said he heard crackling sounds going down and returning until they reached 300 feet. He told Rush in an email that he thought the carbon fiber was failing at different places on the hull. This incident will probably kill his business.
@piquat1
Жыл бұрын
I'll disagree on the sub business and it's because people are stupid. Hear me out. The fact that this was carbon fiber is becoming a bigger issue than the fact it was a sub going so deep. I predict this will set back CARBON FIBER for years to come. People are going to hear "this plane has carbon fiber wings" or "this car has carbon fiber suspension arms" and they're going to look sideways at it for a generation.
@divx1001
Жыл бұрын
@@piquat1 nah, carbon fiber has proven itself in aerospace construction. It was never used in deep sea exploration and probably won't in the near future. No one is gonna hate carbon fiber just because an arrogant fool used it incorrectly...
@cptbob100
Жыл бұрын
@@piquat1 That's exactly what I'm thinking, I don't want to buy, use, or get transported by carbon fiber NOTHING after this!
@serpentmaster1323
Жыл бұрын
@@Robert-55thankyou! Carbon fiber as a material in all use cases is not to blame here. Any material will fail if it’s weaknesses aren’t considered, and even then if the shape is designed incorrectly. Even if carbon fiber was the best material for this application, Rush’s batch was not if the best condition- past its shelf life such that Boeing wouldn’t make planes out of it!
@piquat1
Жыл бұрын
@@Robert-55 Ya, none of what you wrote matters. People are stupid, they aren't going to think about any of that. A carbon fiber sub has imploded and killed 5 people. Carbon fiber is now garbage in the minds of common idiots.
@captainz9
Жыл бұрын
To say that the certification standards are "too conservative" is what immediately screams "this should never take passengers". If he wanted to risk his own life that's one thing, but the reason the standards are conservative is because it you're going to carry passengers it should be very robustly designed - not "experimental".
@VegasCyclingFreak
10 ай бұрын
One point I'd like to make: It's important to know that the carbon fiber hull in the version of Titan that imploded is NOT the same hull that was in Titan in 2018. Rush had a new hull made in 2020 and that is what was used in Titan for all of the dives to the Titanic.
@ClarenceCochran-ne7du
5 ай бұрын
Any Materials Engineer will tell you there's a reason Carbon Fibre isn't used for Pressure Vessels, and it's because CF behaves very differently under high compression. It delaminates under repeated compressions. This isn't a new phenomenon with CF, it's a fairly well known one. This was sheer Hubris on Rush's part.
@Mong0thepawn
Жыл бұрын
I do believe that Stockton Rush is in a very good position to be awarded the 2023 Darwin award.
@sylentknight
Жыл бұрын
Awarded ? It'll be criminal if they didn't name it after him at this point.
@MrTokiRoki
Жыл бұрын
Not possible because he had two kids
@philmorton4590
Жыл бұрын
I feel for everyone involved, especially the families, this is not the way an individual trys to get into the history books. No one is going to let this go for a very long time. Scientifically, politically and morally. With documentaries and legal issues for years to come.
@4karma860
Жыл бұрын
he already had kids but he's an honorable mention
@ko7577
Жыл бұрын
@@philmorton4590 None of these dopes will be in anything but the internet meme hall of fame. This is so inconsequential that every news organization milking it for money should be ashamed of themselves. TikTok era is here. Teenagers writing history with their memes.
@oldneo4309
Жыл бұрын
Even if you are not an engineer, going down to those depths in an uncertified container that could only be opened from the outside, operated by a game’s console, along with dodgy waiver would raise massive red flags
@Tankeryanker339
Жыл бұрын
100% don't have to be a rocket scientist this was a death trap.
@DanOneOne
Жыл бұрын
Billionaires don't think, they "like" a person and invest. Well, next time they should think and not just "like".
@mrv6159
Жыл бұрын
He was way too ignorant, Stockton. Ego blurred common sense.
@leandergihr9598
Жыл бұрын
Well, two things are slightly off. From an engineering point choosing a game controller makes sense. It's durable, simple and proven. They just work. I personally would have chosen the wired variant but that's just because I'm not sure about bluetooth in this environment. Second, choosing a hatch that can only be open from outside makes sense in this design too. This allows for more stability against pressure (as no mechanism is in place, except the bolts building up the force to close it) Nontheless this was dogy as hell, two materials with way different behavior against pressure, choosing carbon with it's bad stats regarding withstanding pressure (especially dynamically changing pressure) ignoring the standard certificate regulations and going with a bulleye that was rated only for a partial depth. There are problematic things, but people keep bringing up wrong arguments.
@JustinLodes
Жыл бұрын
The game controller wasn’t the problem. Using a game controller for operate a vehicle is actually very smart and just simplifies the operation of the that vehicle or machine. I’ve said myself it would make a lot of Sense to incorporate a gaming controller into a helicopter considering how much easier it would make it to fly. However I would still have manual controls ready to use at a moments notice as well. So the controller aspect wasn’t the issue at all. It was the carbon fiber hull that weakened as a result of expansion and contraction with each decent the pressure squeezed those carbon fibers and when it came back to the surface the carbon fibers expanded subsequently weaning the molecular bond of them. It’s no different than bending a metal bar back and forth till it eventually snaps. That was the biggest flaw of the titan among others
@davidcalhoun1731
3 ай бұрын
Christ, Rush treated a trip to the Titanic like a Disneyland trip. Unbelievable.
@nemem02
3 ай бұрын
Well now Stockton will be remember as an example of "What NOT to do in deep sea dives, he made it 🎉
@berubejj
Жыл бұрын
Willing to guess most people didn't even know Titan existed until the accident.
@mariamanasewitsch2977
Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad to know that people LIKE math!!!! It gives my head a chance….. SQUIRREL 🐿 LOL 😆
@truthhurts2879
Жыл бұрын
If I didn't know any better, I could be forgiven for thinking this was just a glorified advert lol.
@cyoohoos
Жыл бұрын
Willing to guess most don’t have $250k/person to spend on a one day deep ocean dive
@gregnixon1296
Жыл бұрын
I am one of those who did not know of OceanGate until this dive. Even if I had the money to afford passage, I would never jeopardize my life in this way.
@Mikael-jt1hk
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea anything like that existed. Still cant believe it actually did.
@nian60
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush is a strong candidate for this year's Darwin Award gold medal. The only one I feel sorry for is the 19 year old. The 4 old men should have known better.
@bwalker4194
Жыл бұрын
Well said.
@manager4409
Жыл бұрын
I bet the 77yr old was content with his quick death.
@mickimicki
Жыл бұрын
Well, the old guys procreated already, so the "Darwin" effect of the award wasn't really there anymore - except one of them managed to literally drag his son down with him.
@zagreus5773
Жыл бұрын
I don't think you know what the Darwin award is. It means dying without having offspring. So the only one that got the Darwin award was the 19 year old.
@tselampe
Жыл бұрын
Ikarus
@nazarethmaniak9159
3 ай бұрын
The funny thing is tragic about all this: the same press that went after the founder of Titan, "Oh what a revolutionary", "Oh, what a visionary...", is now pointing "the finger", and denouncing, coming out "from behind curtains"... But the press is always reporting the "before and after", but never denouncing it.
@Cockneyartist
3 ай бұрын
Imagine being 77 yo and wanting to go deep into the ocean in a claustrophobic tin can?!
@craig7350
Жыл бұрын
Everybody warned him. In fact I showed a picture of the sub to my dog and he gave his warning bark.
@marybethkellner5035
Жыл бұрын
Omg these comments are hysterical- the warning bark- love it 😅
@craig7350
Жыл бұрын
@@marybethkellner5035 .. its that kind of high pitched bark... unmistakable.
@marybethkellner5035
Жыл бұрын
@@craig7350 dogs ALWAYS know best!
@jakubopyrcha9222
Жыл бұрын
“I want to be remembered as an innovator”, “They want to stop innovation” etc, says the guy who created a submersible worse than the ones in 1930
@captainlinsano7739
Жыл бұрын
The experiment did actually provide massively valuable data
@the_kombinator
Жыл бұрын
LMAO, what, confirming that the parts used were poorly fitted and entirely the wrong type?
@captainlinsano7739
Жыл бұрын
@@the_kombinator how many load cycles it takes for catastrophic failure
@justpalms9978
Жыл бұрын
No seats alone and sitting on the floor should have been the number 1 red flag!
@ketchup5344
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush makes me feel somewhat better about my own stupidity. at least my own stupidity never killed anyone. You've gotta take what you can from these tragedies.
@ko7577
Жыл бұрын
It's harder to reach Titanic than it is to get to space. He built a homemade submersible and made it to Titanic twice. The reason you've never failed on this grand scale is because you've never tried to do anything that's like, really hard.
@troy6606
Жыл бұрын
@@ko7577learn what a joke is
@irene_f.
Жыл бұрын
@@ko7577 How does that justify his blatent diregard for safety and killing himself and 4 others? His unprecedented implosion is what he will be remembered for.
@mayanksharma3651
Жыл бұрын
@@ko7577again... didn't kill 5 people cause I was too cheap and stupid.
@mayanksharma3651
Жыл бұрын
@@irene_f.Hey.. don't ask them questions when they have their mouth full of Stockton's flaccid fick
@MrDarren5012
Жыл бұрын
Come on man..they GLUED the titanium ends to the carbon fiber hull….
@DefaultName-yf5sd
Жыл бұрын
He probably used super glue bought from the reject shop to save on expenditure.
@toomanyaccounts
Жыл бұрын
in a warehouse rather than in a vac chamber
@troy6606
Жыл бұрын
It was just an eye test as well nothing scientific about it at all. “Yup she looks good, wait, add bit more glue here”
@life_of_riley88
Жыл бұрын
@@toomanyaccountsYeah, two dudes with spatulas and out in the open. Zero process or environmental controls. Idiots.
@truthhurts2879
Жыл бұрын
Maybe its just me.... But the more I learn about this man who clearly had more money than sense , and his egregious flouting of safety precautions, the more fantastical this entire story gets, making it increasingly difficult to believe its authenticity. I simply cannot accept that one person, much less an entire company, who's entire selling point was based on one product, could continue to make catastrophic decision, after even more catastrophic decisions, and with absolutely no opposition or push back over and above a face to face meeting over 5 years ago that ended in nothing more than a new waiver being drafted. It's utterly unfathomable to me that it appeared the mere fact of being wealthy meant Rush could be left alone to play Russian roulette with the lives of complete strangers with ZERO SAFETY MEASURES in place. And if that weren't enough, the fact that he deliberately registered his company in the Bahamas so as to avoid the strict regulations he'd be subject to by registering it as a US based company, tells us in no uncertain terms just how cognisant he was to avoid regulations that he felt were only there to hinder him, when in fact they only exist to mitigate the possible risk to life such endeavours as this clearly pose smdh, and that alone is indicative of a far broader issue around the mind set of just one man that it appears the combined voices of an entire submersible industry, were utterly incapable of stopping.
@bmartina7772
Жыл бұрын
Him: I want to be an innovator! World: Congrats you invented how to make toothpaste out of humans in a milliisecond!
@RiceReaper
Жыл бұрын
The biggest irony was when he describes building out of carbon fibre and titanium as being a no no, and having done it anyway
@beavisnsluthead
Жыл бұрын
With an arrogant smile may I add.
@Lobos222
Жыл бұрын
He did NOT want to spend that amount of money on certifying the Titan because he knew it would FAIL! The PR hit from that would prevent a craft he thought was "good enough" to gain customers.
@-_YouMayFind_-
Жыл бұрын
Or he didnt have the money to spend that much or he just wanyed to get as much money out of it so he wanted to make the sub as cheap as possible. Its a Amercan bussiness so.... it wouldnt be the first time
@roomforthefiiixins2491
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush was like that one kid in class who was smart but still managed to constantly do stupidly senseless things
@multioptioned
Жыл бұрын
He's like the kid who argues with facts taught by teachers because he knows better! Too smart by half.
@simplygem8449
Жыл бұрын
Academically smart with a lack of cumin sense and humility
@snezanalukic2970
Жыл бұрын
A ovi ostali koji su ga sledili u smrt i jos platili!? To su oni u razredu,sto su uvek voleli da budu u drustvu pametnog decaka,jer ce zbog njegq i oni biti primeceni,pa nema veze sto su glupi...😢
@TJSaw
Жыл бұрын
He was not smart at all. He was a charlatan.
@j2simpso
Жыл бұрын
So like the Elon Musk of engineering, huh?
@josephranker5716
Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that noticed the viewing "window" was not in place when the front was brought up?
@southerngentleman2516
Жыл бұрын
As a person who worked in plant were composite flanges are built from 1" - 100+ " for piping systems in factories all over the United States and the best in the US. I can say the method they used to connect the carbon fiber to the metal was without a dout the failure point. It squeezed the carbon fiber cylinder causing a leak and from the pressure and rush of water in compressing the air inside until it blew the end caps off. And it all happen in a split second.
@SurnaturalM
3 ай бұрын
I used to work for CPF Dualam from 1990 to 2013. The company was a huge tank and piping fabricator. And I thought the same thing the moment I knew it has implosed. Delamination.
@macswanton9622
Жыл бұрын
He'll be remembered for modernizing the adage: "We are defined by our patience when we have nothing, and our attitude when we have everything"
@douglaspinsak1246
Жыл бұрын
This is so simple: the hull was made out of carbon fiber, and the end-caps were glued on. This thing was practically BUILT TO FAIL. It is shocking to me that it survived even one deep dive.
@biscuitninja
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say built to fail, but using composites you do have a "life limited" scenario. Meaning you can only use it for a certain amount of time and then you discard and build a new one. You might be able reuse some parts, but the composites are usually done for.
@gabrielsaavedra7916
Жыл бұрын
@@biscuitninja regardless, there were many corners cut and Stockton Rush relied too heavily on the carbon fiber.
@SquirrelTheater
Жыл бұрын
@@gabrielsaavedra7916 He didn’t even have it woven around the cylinder which would have been much stronger. Instead, it was coiled around the cylinder, perpendicular to the cylinder surface.
@josephmother2659
Жыл бұрын
@@biscuitninjathat’s fairly obvious not being rude, but the person here was talking about how the composite section was basically “glued” to the titanium ends (and I’m not even mentioning the vast difference in compressive strength between them) making the entire 2 parts of the sub that are joining the 3 pieces into massive failure points. I don’t care how strong this glue is, it is not surviving 15+ or however many trips to the titanic depth
@douglaspinsak1246
Жыл бұрын
@biscuitninja This is not the sort of thing you build a disposable version of lol. If it was unmanned and it was just a test vehicle to see what a submersible of this sort could endure, or if it was strictly being used for video footage or something along those lines, then by all means build it and see what it’s got. But to take people on something like this where failure is a given, is insane.
@gezeo750
Жыл бұрын
The more I see about this guy the more I think he deserved his fate. It's just a shame he had to take four other people's lives over hubris. He was right about one thing though. He'll definitely be remembered for the "rules he broke" seeing as there's never been a catastrophic implosion before he did it first like the true maverick he was.
@SaraMorgan-ym6ue
8 ай бұрын
shame they didn't have a couple spare hulls on board just in case like the controller's🤣🤣🤣 cause if your hull fails your dead a controller dies change the batteries or just drop the weights and go back to the surface🤣🤣🤣
@dishantshah5965
Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that the main reason why this incident has seen such an unprecedented spotlight (despite being a relatively small accident in terms of deaths when compared with air crashes or train crashes which have death tolls in the hundreds) is that a lot of rich people died. Not to undermine the seriousness of the issue but it makes me wonder how many companies cut corners that result in accidents that remain under the wraps for their seemingly small death tolls? If such a critical machine can operate without certifications for so many years despite a lot of people knowing that corners were cut makes it a big probability that other companies in other sectors may be doing the same where the conditions are not so extreme?
@ronkolek613
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s more the novelty of the situation and all the crap that has come out about Oceangate post facto. Take the migrant boat that sank with massive loss of life at the same time. We as news consumers have grown jaded to such tragedies, it’s not the first overloaded boat that has gone under with massive loss of life, it unfortunately will not be the last. So I wouldn’t say it’s so much that they were rich, it’s more WTH we’re they thinking?
@deek0146
Жыл бұрын
@@ronkolek613 Another difference is that the person responsible is not a cynical criminal with no morals exploiting desperate people, which unfortunately is all too common. It was a respectable and moral seeming member of society who was highly delusional.
@xelldincht4251
Жыл бұрын
this guy did ignore so many safety issues despite the warnings from experts. i think that is the reason this got so much media coverage. He truly deserves a Darwin Award
@dishantshah5965
Жыл бұрын
Yes I do agree, it was a highly delusional founder with too much confidence in his mediocre product. The try fast fail fast model does not work with such critical applications and some founders nowadays have foregone the fundamentals of critical industrial designing and manufacturing.
@bluxe7372
Жыл бұрын
This should be a cautionary tale as to the power of a good salesperson. If you read the texts he was sending to people selling 'the last few spots' at a discount, they were classic sales persistence. He honestly believed in the product, so much that he would put his own life on the line. That gave people confidence in the product, which is another issue often caused by a cult of personality. People generally have okay BS detectors ... but good acting and 'all in' belief often get through that. He had both. He was personable, prepared, persistent and reckless. Fearlessness makes good test pilots, CEOs and innovators. Unfortunately it is not a great thing for an engineer to be.
@Solitarynana7870
Жыл бұрын
Ironically, he became a sort of test pilot himself, did he not?
@bluxe7372
Жыл бұрын
@@Solitarynana7870 Exactly. Test pilots push the limits. Engineers are the 'checks and balance' against that. This guy was playing both roles. Not a good combo and there was no balance. You always need a Jeff Goldbloom in Jurassic Park. 'Just because we could, doesn't mean that we should.' Rush was reckless and had zero empathy for anything other than his own legacy. He made his bet using the lives of others.
@templeodoom4634
Жыл бұрын
Bart Kemper, you are a credit to mankind and an example for all professional engineers
@samuellp1146
Жыл бұрын
and a patriotic soldier he's a former lieutenant Colonel of the US Army, he's the real deal.
@1mlister
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush is also an example for all professional engineers
@LXS1303
Жыл бұрын
@@1mlister 🤡
@dave.of.the.forrest
Жыл бұрын
@@1mlister of a sort, yes.
@221b-Maker-Street
Жыл бұрын
@@1mlister Yes, a bad example.
@jonaspucko78
Жыл бұрын
OMG. Even if it was fully tested and certified, I would NEVER go down to any depth in a vessel that is bolted from the outside. What the hell.
@humanforotherhumans
Жыл бұрын
It is usual comforting for the client to see the seller using the same product sold to customers. Having Stockton participating in all the dives was a reassuring for the othe passengers. The problem though, we dont know his routine before these dives. Maybe, he always gave himself a 10% probability of returning home.
@staciasmith5162
Жыл бұрын
Rush was the only person willing to pilot this death trap. He fired his sub pilot and safety guy, David Lochridge, after Lochridge said that the sub was unsafe and would kill someone. He asked his head accountant if she would be willing to become chief pilot. She said no and she quit. This was back in 2018.
@ATXAdventure
Жыл бұрын
At OceanGate, you don't just get to see the wreckage, you get to be the wreckage!
@truthoverfacts9254
Жыл бұрын
Clever, hehe...
@Salty_Balls
Жыл бұрын
Feel the lore, become the lore.
@CikisHelyzet
Жыл бұрын
Too soon
@sarahcollinge3608
Жыл бұрын
Lol you are funny
@mayanksharma3651
Жыл бұрын
@@Salty_Ballsa truly immersive experience
@philipmulville8218
Жыл бұрын
What a balanced and informative discussion. Many thanks to the presenter and experts for their contributions.
@ElizabethF2222
Жыл бұрын
It was excellent. Agreed. Thank you Nexus!
@hirdominator
Жыл бұрын
Just because you do things different or use materials that are not regularly used in the industry that doesn't make you an innovator. Ignoring sound advice from industry leaders was his biggest mistake. Actually his biggest mistake was taking others with him in his non certified contraption.
@eraserrx
Жыл бұрын
19:45 I know this is a tragedy. But it's funny to see all 3 of the guests couldn't hold their laugh when the engineer was answering the question 😛
@nzrockdj
Жыл бұрын
The latest description of the implosion is that the submersibles power failed and it went into a nosedive. Imagine plunging into the dark depths nose first one body on top of another waiting for the implosion.
@potzysk2
Жыл бұрын
I've never read anything about a nosedive. Do you have a link for that?
@semoneg2826
Жыл бұрын
It hink I heard something similar on the news that they were untop each other as the sub went down fast....
@sburns2421
Жыл бұрын
If that happened I don't think implosion would be the first worry for the passengers, maybe suffocation. If the sub was safe (it wasn't) under power then it would be safe sitting on the ocean floor waiting for rescue.
@variable7833
Жыл бұрын
People werent warning him because they didn't want him to succeed. They warned him because they knew this exactly is what would happen. Such an avoidable thing. Its sad and shtty.
@wernerostwald287
Жыл бұрын
exactly...they experts didn't warn aggressively enough and therefore should be held accountable as well
@CourtneyLee62
Жыл бұрын
@@wernerostwald287 He fired them!!
@221b-Maker-Street
Жыл бұрын
@@CourtneyLee62 ...then sued them! You can warn as "aggressively" as you like, @wernerostwald287, but if a CEO of a _private company_ is determined to continue, you cannot _force_ them to change their mind - a public authority is different.
@theeldude1000
Жыл бұрын
@@221b-Maker-Street Rush was a millionaire that could've just held out in court and stretched the case out long enough till the engineer goes broke from all the legal fees and will eventually have to drop the case. The engineer most likely would've been under NDA so OceanGate could've theoretically sued him for every penny if he tried to speak out at all. Warning aggressively was probably the most he could've done at this point.
@kendivedmakarig215
Жыл бұрын
@@wernerostwald287They were fired from the job. You cannot sue the engineers who were fired.
@brianthrom6858
Жыл бұрын
My primary issue with the titanium/carbon fiber interface is not the epoxy connection as much as the stresses induced by variable contraction of the dissimilar materials while the pressure of the water is trying to jam the titanium spheres together. A failure of the epoxy interface seems like it would result in a dangerous leak near the surface. While failure of the epoxy at depth would only be an issue if the carbon fiber tube also failed resulting in the carbon fiber tube slipping out of the titanium ring mid catastrophic implosion
@dalj4362
Жыл бұрын
Carbonfibre is a horrible material. It gets weaker with age and becomes brittle. I've had carbon bikes, and they just instantly fail and snap.Theres no warning. Not like metal where it bends.
@williesnyder2899
9 ай бұрын
I recall being eleven or twelve, helping a neighborhood friend cobble together a wooden gravity cart. We took it to the slightly sloping alley behind his house and tried coasting it down. The cart was nearly impossible to steer, at least one wheel began to fall off immediately, and the thing was soon abandoned by his family trashcan. We had made the cart of odds and ends from our fathers’ basements and garages, supplemented with nuts and bolts from the local hardware store - connectors which were not sized adequately for the task - and a quantity of youthful enthusiasm and stupidity. But then again…we were not yet teenagers. What did we know??
@MDFGamingVideo
Жыл бұрын
Stockton Rush: Hey, I want to innovate and make an experimental submersible to withstand the immensely dangerous pressures at the Titanic. Engineers: OK, cool. You going with one of the proven and time tested designs? Stockton Rush: Nah, we're gonna make it bigger, and we're going to use 2 different materials, and instead of a hatch we're just gonna remove and re-seal the endcap every dive. Engineers: That sounds like a really bad idea! Please tell us you're at LEAST going to use the finest materials and manufacturing processes? Stockton Rush; Nah, we're gonna use an under-spec window and bargain bin carbon fiber, and glue it together in a warehouse. Engineers: Wait, stop, you can't... Stockton Rush: STFU, I'm a genius, you're all cowards, I'm doing it and you're gonna be so jealous! Engineers: * popcorn *
@lotteliselotte
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@sunnitsunami7207
Жыл бұрын
Sad but true 😢
@gilbertsoto2472
Жыл бұрын
👍AGREE 💯 , WHAT PUZZLES ME IS THE MOST GOVERNMENT , OSAH , JUST TURN THIER HEADS ON ALL THIS SAFTEY ISSUES BEING IGNORED & LET THIS TRAGEDY HAPPEN THEY ALSO NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 🤨😡 JUST BEYOND REASON 🤔🤔???
@huntercoleherr
Жыл бұрын
@@gilbertsoto2472government is designed so that it can really only restrict the poor. The rich always have mechanisms around the rules. The problem for the rich is that physics doesn't care how much money you have.
@VeteranVandal
Жыл бұрын
A perfect summary.
@abrokeengineer967
Жыл бұрын
OceanGate's former chief director of marine operations, David Lockridge should have been the center of this story. He warned OceanGate about the submarine and was promptly fired and given 10mins to clear out his desk.
@philipr.6090
Жыл бұрын
. . . and then he was harassed and clubbed by the company's attorneys with the American legal system for trying to do the right thing. And then there are the ambulance chasers on the other side, who basically commit legalized fraud and theft everyday, driving up costs and reducing opportunities for everyone. I swear I think half the lawyers in the U.S. have sold their souls to the devil.
@davidmurray6176
Жыл бұрын
It's a submersible not a submarine.
@YogaBlissDance
Жыл бұрын
He might be lawyering up and also in shock honestly!
@DIDYOUSEETHAT172
Жыл бұрын
That poor woman to loose her son and husband in one fell swoop, and knowing it was her desire to please her son, that sent him down. I can't imagine. And what was with the media? Effing things up as usual, saying Suleman was terrified to go, that he only did so to please his father like his father was some tyrant forcing him. RIP
@jennifertonyan9984
8 ай бұрын
The aunt came out to the news and reported all that! Then the mom came out almost a week later and cleared that up!!!
@fishanhunter
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, this tragedy had brought my attention to deep sea exploration, its fascinating that a vehicle can be built as “cheap” as rush did, it just didnt have the longevity required, im becoming more tempted every day to make my own personal sub but theres no way id ever go that deep, not even 500m deep, mine would just be something that scuttles beneath the surface down a safe depth that even humans can dive to, but that is also a pipe dream of mine
@xxxftcxxx
Жыл бұрын
OK, I've watched a bunch of bs catch titles to get people to click, THIS is a correct news publication. Thank you, FINALLY.
@msc2u1
Жыл бұрын
It's so sad that Stockton Rush took those passengers' money to be a part of his so-called experiment, but he also took their lives! 😢
@CaptainMarci104
Жыл бұрын
Nah, these morons took their own life. Just Darwinism at work. They all knew that it was basically a suicide mission and now they got what they have asked for.
@NGabunchanumbers
Жыл бұрын
Well, since he was onboard the sub himself when it failed, I think it's safe to say that he whole-heartedly believed it was safe. He was wrong, ofcourse, but I don't think it was in any way malicious.
@calebrice5707
Жыл бұрын
@nickgrishin2068 no excuses. He didn't care ENOUGH. If he did he would've done something else besides play sub captain
@animec-dramaskpop6362
Жыл бұрын
@@NGabunchanumbersBc he was in DENIAL!
@JRams-ix6bt
Жыл бұрын
These where grown a** men that willingly jumped into that P.O.S yes I feel bad and they're ultimately victims however it's common sense.
@hiramrodriguez4323
Жыл бұрын
His poor eyesight stopping him from seeing the obvious.
@hevufpe
8 ай бұрын
What shock me the most is not that Rush was reckless with other people's lives, rich people are prone to this kind of selfshiness, but the point is that he actually believed in his craft enough to risk his own life. Nothing short of delusional
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