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Im pretty sure the family of the guy that was hired to pilot the thing didn't design and build a death tube of brittle carbon fiber
He's alive, he was fired before the accident because he had safety concerns and his boss took over as the pilot.
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-oceangate-pilot-worried-stockton-rush-people-killed-ego-email-2023-7
"I'm rich that makes me smarter and better than a professional!"
dies
Rather poetic, really.
well idk what the French submersible pilot was doing onboard then but i'm still pretty sure it wasn't him or his family designing and cutting corners on the thing