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Billionaire among the missing as tourist submersible exploring Titanic wreck disappears (www.smh.com.au)

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[–] nivenkos 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because a bombing in a war isn't unexpected no matter how tragic it is.

Whereas it's rare that a group of multi-millionaires tries to visit the Titanic in a MacGyver-esque hobby submarine.

[–] MercuryUprising 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It also tells a wider story about these "disruption-oriented" start ups where the ceos and investors are convinced that the secret to better marine/aerospace technology is less regulation.

[–] nivenkos 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It had completed trips before to be fair, it's probably just some error in the sealing.

It's sad though, while I'm no fan of multi-millionaires, at least some of them here were investing in technology and space flight.

[–] MercuryUprising 3 points 1 year ago

All I know is I would never go into a canister that is bolted shut with no way of getting out from inside. I don't give a shit how many "missions" it completed before.