Comments on: UPDATED (6/24): He’d Never Hire ’50-Year-Old White Guys,’ Said Stockton Rush, RIP, Titan’s Submersible’s CEO. Oops.

By: Juvenal Early

Juvenal Early — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:01:34 +0000

Concur with Mr Wetzel. It can be done but apparently no one wants to pay the price anymore.

By: Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 14:09:04 +0000

LOL.

By: Jim Wetzel

Jim Wetzel — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:43:44 +0000

I have no doubt that proper and correct engineering could produce a carbon-fiber composite pressure hull that would be adequate for diving to any desired depth. But that would call for a 50(+)-year-old White guy approach: correctly understand the theory; use the theory to establish the minimum cross-section required for that hydrostatic pressure; keep in mind that the craft is being designed to carry humans, and apply a 10X safety factor; go through a proper testing program; then, “Titanic, here we come.”

I also have no doubt that the above program could be carried out at far lower cost by using steel, instead of composites.

But what the hell do I know? I’m a 69-year-old White guy. Hopelessly uninspiring.

By: Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 17:49:49 +0000

Totally. You would not see a Brother, rich or poor, board such a “Hold My Beer” piece of crap. Brilliant.

By: chuck lowe

chuck lowe — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 22:46:16 +0000

As is my hero, Ilana, I am in no way an apologist for “The Protected Class”. That said, what you will NEVER see on Mt Everest, is a dead brutha. Nor will Puffy (Who can afford the 250K trip to the bottom) EVER board a homemade sardine can/submarine to go look at the Titanic. My guess, is he didn’t even like the movie.

50 year old white guys would NOT use a $30.00 controller, or, go to Home Depot to buy parts and assemble this thing in someone’s backyard.

They should have named it, the “Hold My Beer” and provided a case of Natty Lite to all of the passengers, who, should have been required to grow a really narley mullet prior to launch.

By: Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:56:13 +0000

Great comment.

By: Ann Wendy

Ann Wendy — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:24:30 +0000

Thank you Ilana for a revealing an honest appraisal of the rash adventure seeking Rush RIP where he displays an outright disdain for any human being who is not prepared to risk the lives of others , his was ultimate hubris with disasstrous consequences.