Here's an email exchange between OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and Submersible Operations expert Rob McCallum.

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Updated Monday, June 26, 2023 at 7:59 AM CDT

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MoschopsUK

"It would be remiss of me not to..." Ouch. From a New Zealander, this is full on all caps indicating that the recipient of the message is considered brutally clueless and incompetent.

TheGhostofElizabethShue

He innovated his way into being a cautionary tale for the ages. The Big Man Who Suddenly Became Very Small.

Jackpot7777777

I'm telling you, this has been a BAD month for Libertarians. On one hand, they saw 'BiG g0VeRnMeNt' managing to pull expertise and resources together to get I-95 near Philly back open in less than two weeks after that fire that collapsed part of the road. On the other hand, we have Admiral Logitech-Controller here f*** around and have such a catastrophic failure that his brain didn't even have the split second needed to find out how wrong his Ayn Rand / BioShock ideas are. Never forget this.

Lampmonster

When every expert in the field is screaming at you that someone is going to die, you listen moron.

timothyaolson2000

Well, Stockton Rush was a "disruptor" and an "innovator". He innovated his body's cells into complete disruption.

TheWhoamater

"I grow tired of being told this, I take it as a great personal insult" Well now you're a speck of meat spread across the ocean floor, f******

SubTrout

This is what you get from billionaires and tech bros who only know business speak and buzz phrases. They want to "disrupt" an industry because they think that's what will make them money, paying no attention to those kind of inconsequential details such as logical reasons why certain things shouldn't be disrupted. Like the hull of a poorly made submersible...

faethorferenc

Under this light #2 could be a suicide letter aswell.

idrinkcheapbeer

youtuber dallmyd was supposed to go down to the titanic on this sub before the fatal trip. His trip got scrapped but he documented the experience. If you want a behind the scenes view into how amateurish and f***** up this whole process was, you gotta check this out: https://youtu.be/O-8U08yJlb8

Onlyhereforthelaughs

At the very least, he stood behind his design enough to ride it himself for every dive, so when it killed someone, it includes him. He staked his life on the same bet every time, and the house always wins.