Yeah, I'm not sure what point he's trying to prove. Of course the industry is safe, that's what all the safety requirements when building and operating a submarine is all about.
Triton Submersibles is actually one of those companies that knows what they're doing. Their big project was the DSV Limiting Factor, which is a legitimate deep sea research vessel, so unless they're using another shed build submarine they'll probably survive
But it might mean that more startup brained billionaires get lulled into a false sense of security and build more OceanGate style tubs
I've been saying we should all act like this is the coolest thing ever because musk will absolutely try to copy it but lead the design himself leading to an actual ocean gate 2.0.
Yea the last one failed because they bought used parts that were literally advertised as being non viable for deep water trips.
If a billionaire decided to not try to save a couple grand by using second hand parts and a madcatz controller this should be trivial for them. It's why the last one was so funny. He had all the money in the world so he thought that made him smarter than nature.
At least we can take solace in the fact that they're going to be miserable for several days a cold, cramped submarine instead of relaxing and enjoying themselves in the luxury of their private island or whatever
Someone who's good with art, help me pitch rich people on a massive underwater city that's only for rich people and nothing bad will ever happen to rich people there
I was talking to a coworker about this and had to defend my glee by proving that this billionaire is a demon. Found an old reddit thread where someone in Dayton, OH was being sued by his real estate investment firm, Connor Group, for one million (1,000,000) dollars for publicly complaining about them not sending maintenance crews to fix problems with his apartment.
Found a few others with people warning others not to move into his apartment complexes for the same reason.
Sad to hear that Triton is a real submarine company and he won't die due to a Logitech controller shorting out or whatever.
I would love for billionaires to turn this into a dick measuring contest. Just lining up to die one after the other because, "those guys were chumps let me show your how much billionairer I am".