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As unscrupulous as Stockton was he MAY AS WELL just went down TWO HUNDRED FEET AND JUST PLAYED A VIDEO OF APPROACHING THE TITANIC ON SCREEN. stayed a couple hours then resurfaced. Absolutely crooked but at least he wouldn't have murdered innocent people in the name of saving his company.

All he had to do was charge his customers more money, its not like he had competition and it was obvious that he had more than enough customers to keep them going.

Edit: this video told me more than I'd ever known about the company and its finances, great job Stockton was a classic con man in many ways, desperate to be perceived as a genuis by ignorant ppl (and ppl who should have known better)

8:14 ohhhhh. Epiphany. The titanic. 🤔

I drove from Maryland to Cleveland Ohio to see that eclipse through my telescope. I saw and filmed what you show in the beginning. That was the April 8th eclipse you showed . Awesome

I'm sick and tired of hearing how intelligent Stockton Rush is. There is no way possible this man is anywhere near as intelligent as the media claims. He's just another self-focused asshole with way too much disposable income, raised in extreme privilege, and clueless to the core.

Why on earth did this end this with RIP Stockton? Why should his soul rest in peace? He killed himself and 4 others out of arrogance, hubris and desperation.

They were just selfish and stupid. Stockton essentially killed himself and he was a nutter and he's been scapegoated.

I can just imagine Wendy Stockton saying "Congratulations, you got down there!" to the customers as they returned to the ship without seeing the Titanic.

I suspect the person who most thought Stockton Rush was intelligent was Stockton Rush.

The titan looks like a defuctional penis stocton safet to stay in bed and take Viagra or cross the road blindly give bis money for decent projects the titanic is a gravesight and wendy rush not giving refunds for future dives discussing this days it all dhe is a gteedy houndog every bit asbad as him this is a crime and she is as guilty as him

Karl and David lochbridge were real bright men how foolish rush was he recked cars and unie married Wendy for her money she must be nieve she should be answering questions imagin how David felt when he got sacked a wife and young daughter karma always comes to bite bad people

His partner who started the business with has the same cocky know it all manner speaking about missions to mars when Stockton killed all on his sub and he knew about hull how atogant he was sacking everyone and he sucked in Wendy how do your family feel you are all on line like your gods and this was a crime and paying custermers were coned and misled all for his ego

Been saying it all along, Rush blew through his family's money and his wife's and was desperate to keep both his idea alive and for his fellow bluebloods from finding out he was broke. And yes, the Uber wealthy are that obsessed with status.

Sounds very much like Rush would have rather died than failed. He got both. Rich man's coffin.

Actually enjoyed this video a lot. Showed Stockton as an entrepreneur who while yes pushed the envelope too far, he had a plan if not the actual resources needed to carry it out. You didn’t just demonize him like everyone does.

Thank you for an insightful video that inspires conversion better than the usual “Darwin award”-‘Play stupid games…” type responses.

How are we in 2024 and that chick can’t get a decent mic / connection

Stockon Rush is crushing it as CEO

No money means no testing or certification (which probably would have cost more money). Thank you for the video.

Leaving that craft outside, with voids in the hull, high pressure water would get in there, expand when frozen, separating layers.

Of course they were broke, they built that submersible with temu parts.

Mission Specilaists ... aged about 8 I'd of though that was cool....

The Titan is SO ugly to me. That stupid picture of him standing by the front hatch like he is some sort of kingpin. So cringe. He in general just unnerves me.

The darkness takes them. They can now sleep with the rest of the souls on the titanic.

16:50 skirting awfully close to the definition of a pyramid scheme. Using funds from new customers to pay for the non-refundable trips of previous customers whose money had already been spent. It just keeps getting worse and worse the more we learn about how this operation worked 😬

I was never the greatest accountant, but the income stream was pitiful given 100m invested.

Engineering and financial shoe string went hand in hand with Oceangate Corporation. 😮

Great video. And you showed some respect to Stockton at the end. That was really good to hear. He should have backed off went it became too much.

He should have pivoted

The ending was full of depth$, I didn't expect. The ping was the key.

Arrogant and dangerous..not intelligent.

Everything Rush said was an example of all the worst clichés of “entrepreneurial” self-congratulation. The whole thing emphasizes why _inside_ the box thinking should guide engineering when human safety is concerned. The “box” exists for a reason.

They were spared from experiencing what 18 million pounds dropped on their heads would have felt like. Smh.

I recall recently that only 4 bolts were used to seal them inside 4 out of 16 or was it 18. That alone is screaming red flag at those depths 4 bolts have g to not only hold the huge weight of the titanium endcap but they also add to structural integrity surely. Regardless Rush gets no sympathy from me and billionaires millionaires I've noticed they often have this false sense of invincibility the young man emotionally blackmailed clearly. I no rocket scientist but I took one look at the entire sub and that's all it took for me to see it wasn't something id ever go on nevermind take my child.

Stockton arrogantly let his pride be everyone's Doom

The last oceangate dive was essentially a case of murder-su*cide. Their own sonic sensor could have told them the hull was done for. The sub was essentially a single use craft, it’s a miracle hull #2 lasted that long but it was bound to happen sooner or later. It would have happened later if they didn’t park it exposed to the elements and then towed it in high swells, but eventually it would have failed. The hull was fabricated improperly, the titanium ring had too little overlap, it was too long and it had started delaminating What did they think those “sonic events” were if not the fiber failing?

I wouldn't call him intelligent. A real intelligent man would not have taken legitimate warnings as personal insults. He was at the peak of mount stupid on the Dunning-Krueger scale.

conman

Same thing that is killing our country, GREED!

more like rest in pieces, a**hole...

Strip away the unique glamour of such an adventure and Rush is revealed as Ponzi scammer promoting magic beans. And as usual the public is baffled by the affluent clients falling for the scam...how could they not see the shambolic corporate structure which a prudent client/investor would research with due diligence.

If Rush went down by himself in that death trap, he would still be an idiot, but at least he would be worth a RIP. Bringing passengers aboard means he died an asshole and should be remembered as such.

How anyone with an ounce of common sense could actually consider getting into that contraption is beyond belief.

What a terrible setback for the submersable industry. I believe there is a market for underwater exploration that needs to be explored, safely. I love thinking outside the box and perhaps carbon fiber could be used if was applied, protected, and tested with better methods. Someone could do it if they wanted to and had the right financial backers and design teams. What a disgusting conman and murderer. Thanks for taking the time and sharing.

RIP Rush? I don't think so. Rush may have been bright and intelligent in his younger years, but once he dreamt up the Titanic scheme, he lost it. He was no business man either. He underestimated the cost involved. He cut corners. He ignored safety procedures. He knew about the strain gauge data and what the printouts showed, and ignored the warnings of his staff. I suggest that he insisted on piloting the sub because he knew there was a strong possibility of a catastrophic hull failure. In that event, he would go out with a bang, and not be around to face the consequences. In his delusional mind he would be remembered as an innovative entrepreneur, pioneer and explorer. Contrast this with the lies and hubris he spouted in those many presentations and interviews, "at some point, safety is just pure waste; you are remembered for the rules you break." He put people's lives in danger and paid the ultimate price, but the biggest tragedy is that people believed his BS and died as a result of his misguided pursuit of fame. Well, he certainly put himself in the Hall of Infamy. His passengers knew there was a risk involved, signed the waivers and died. I'm fairly sure that if they had seen the sudden hull anomaly from a previous dive, they wouldn't have gone. RIP the passengers on the Titan.

Of course he was broke, he was operating at a loss, cutting every corner and bolt past absurdity let alone any minimum engineering requirements. From using a composite material that fails catastrophically under cyclic stress, ignoring that his warning system was useless as far as actually heeding the audible cracking heard doesn't require fancy electronic acoustic devices, that he just slapped some truck-bed liner to hide the poor quality of the hoops of carbon fiber that was half of the originally designed thickness, it was the world's most expensive coffin for 5. How apropos they died near another rich people's gravesite all deluded by the blind ambitions of a man who Rushed everything.

Stockton Rush wanted to become world famous, and that his name would never be forgotten. He succeeded.

" Where did we go Wrong ? " Stockton Rush for a start..but the RIP Stockton Rush at the end ...No likes.

If I were approached to be an investor or a passenger, or employee, hearing :travesty of humanity” in a pinch that would have disqualifying