In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we talk with Shea Quinn, the Slocum Glider Product Line Manager for Teledyne Webb Research. Subscribe to the Tech Talk Podcast
You had a perfect opportunity to further the entire field of deep water research by keeping the Rush interview up and explaining why it was you felt he was the only one that cared as much as you, how that horrible mistake cost lives, that it will not be in vein, and that the work is important. Instead you ignore it like it didn't happen. That video will continue to be re-uploaded a sn linked EVERYWHERE! There's a reason you're hiding it from the world....what is it?
*Rush wasn’t really looking to build a tourism business to the Titanic,” Bloom said. “He wanted to research and document the decay of the ship over time.”. "Multiple dives to the site costs a lot of money. A way to finance his scientific observation was to bring observers down with him,” Bloom added. Bloom shared with Rush that his son was “concerned about the danger” of the trip after researching the “perceived threats to the vessel.”. Bloom suggested a sperm whale or a giant squid could attack the sub and compromise the hull. “Yeah very stupid the pressure is over 100 million pounds no sperm whale or squid is ever going to be able to mess with the sub,” Rush replied - courtesy of New York Post* *LET'S NOT FORGET* : Stockton Rush preferred not to hire veteran submarine pilots. "Ah yes, when I started the business, one of the things you'll find is there are other sub operators out there, but they typically have gentlemen who are ex-military submariners, and you'll see a whole bunch of 50-year-old white guys". "You're gonna go to the Titanic, you're going to be spending eight days on a boat, you don't want every person to have the same experience of having been on a US nuclear sub, or worked for Atlantis Submarines, and they all have the same background". Stockton Rush's team included a varsity athlete and a *dude* who surfed in Iceland in the winter. "Really get people who have a diverse background, and then train them and train and train and train so that it *does come off as* a polished and safe operation". "We can train people to do that. We can train someone to pilot the sub. We use a GAME controller, so *anybody* can drive the sub". OceanGate's Engineers were in their teens and paid $15 an hour. They hired college interns to design the electrical systems for the Titan. "Lock them in a container". "I think it was General MacArthur who said, ‘You’re remembered for the rules you break.’ And I’ve broken some rules to make this. The carbon fiber and titanium? There’s a rule you don’t do that. Well, I did". And these guys talked to *aka Jim Jones* with a serious tone. *SMDH*
