Ok, you seem like someone who has also been pissed about the Titanic tours since they were first announced. Am I going crazy, or did Oceangate originally advertise that people who bought a ticket would "assist in the recovery and conservation of objects"? Because I clearly remember reading that on their website at some point, but it's no longer there, and the tin can they wound up sending down has no ability to recover anything.
oh yeah no, oceangate just seem so fucking sketchy.
like going through their website, everything just feels off. like its all written correctly and sounds like it could be a thing they do, but even when talking about specific things, the writing feels generic. like its not elizabeth holmes level, but im still not sure what exactly they do after reading the page.
i remember something about that and about recovering objects which is a whole mess in itself? like as far as i know, you can just legally take objects from the titanic, but that really does not mean you should.
and yeah, as you said, looking at their submersibles, im not sure how they plan to get any of them? like we have lifted things from the titanic but you need a lot more equipment than their tin can submersible.
of course, theres also the fact that the submersible was missing for eight hours before they called the coast guard which uh, getting some costa concordia and oceanos vibes from that. considering how little oxygen they have, id argue wasting eight hours is manslaughter if they dont find them.
and also, that fucking submersible should never have been sent down anyway. it dodged every regulation because it would never pass it and they didnt even put a fucking evp on it???????? every vessel should have goddamn evp.
the whole thing is insane
