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struggle4progress

(120,556 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 10:42 PM Dec 20

James Cameron on the OceanGate sub disaster

60 Minutes Australia
4 days ago

In an extended interview with 60 Minutes, Hollywood director and Titanic expert James Cameron reveals the failures in the OceanGate sub disaster.

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James Cameron on the OceanGate sub disaster (Original Post) struggle4progress Dec 20 OP
The hubris of Stockton Rush seems quite similar to Elon Musk's. nt SunSeeker Dec 20 #1
Cameron is a smart mfer. LudwigPastorius Saturday #2
The interview was from around 6 months ago - but still worth a listen. Ms. Toad Saturday #3
With what he was saying about the two materials rated for different stress levels Quixote1818 Saturday #4

Ms. Toad

(35,640 posts)
3. The interview was from around 6 months ago - but still worth a listen.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:55 AM
Saturday

(I think it might be a release of a longer version than the original broadcast.)

The reason I know roughly when the interview took place is because I was on my annual June dive trip when the disaster happened happened - so it as obviously a subject of intent interest to the 100-ish divers I was hanging out with. And the intense pressure at that depth is an extension of what we experience when we dive, so the risk was a lot more tangible to us than to the average citizen.

So Cameron's remark that we are coming up on a year since the disaster (and it's December) jumped out at me.

Quixote1818

(30,432 posts)
4. With what he was saying about the two materials rated for different stress levels
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:57 AM
Saturday

It was a matter of when, not if it waa going to implode.

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