[ilamont]

The critical components like the capsule were designed alongside NASA

I saw that claim, and wondered what it entailed. The founder is clearly in the mold of testing mission-critical/life or death systems in production, while skirting or floating the rules. Such a claim is like one of those logos you see on the front of software start ups home pages, claiming some usage by Google, MIT, or CERN, without any verification or context.

[somenameforme]

Their release is here [1]. The NASA tracking number is SAA8-2031655. The agreement started in 2020, and concluded in 2022. One of the guys on board the sub is Stockton Rush, the founder/owner of the company. He clearly believes (or believed as it may ultimately be) in the product they created, and wasn't just casually playing games for bucks.

I would largely tune the media out on this. They have no more special insight than you or I. All that's known is that a sub has gone dark; everything else is speculation. Within 3 days we'll know for certain whether the people on the ship have been rescued, or are dead. In case it's the latter, we won't have any realistic idea of what happened until the sub, or its remains, are recovered. And that may simply not happen.

[1] - https://www.oceangate.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2020...

[robertlagrant]

> I would largely tune the media out on this. They have no more special insight than you or I.

The older I get, the more I think this.

[gregors]

You mean this NASA....

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.h...

https://history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/invest.html

Where a small fire in a controlled environment killed people in 30 seconds?

or this, where they didn't listen to the engineer?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781...

NASA isn't a magical place where they don't mess things up