Tuesday marks a year since the Titan submersible lost contact en route to the Titanic’s wreckage site, spurning a massive rescue op and media frenzy that ended only once its horrific fate became clear—the sub had imploded, fatally crushing all five inside.
The tragedy exposed fatal flaws with the Titan’s design, OceanGate CEO Stockton’s Rush overconfidence in his calculations, and raised a popular question—is diving 12,500 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for a glimpse of the Titanic worth risking your life over?
For most, the answer was—and remains—a resounding no. But some of the world’s uber-wealthy are still prepared to shell out millions to take a voyage to the bottom of the sea, and at least one American wants to do it, in part, simply to prove that it can safely be done.
