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Billionaire among the missing as tourist submersible exploring Titanic wreck disappears (www.smh.com.au)

submitted 2 years ago by hikarulsi to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This man is not a scientist, engineer, or anyone with any social value whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He might fund people who are though (...though I wish we didn't have a system that would need that...)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Well anyone 'could' fund anything, but this guy has made his fortune on private jets, him dying is almost certainly a good thing for the world. Imagine how much damage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's true but he's among 4 other people who do have social value.

[–] ch00f -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The company that provides these tours uses the money to also perform scientific research on the Titanic.

[–] RedMarsRepublic 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What 'scientific research' is there that needs to be done on the Titanic in 2023? That's an obvious smokeshow.

[–] ch00f 5 points 2 years ago

In a 2022 interview with CBC News, OceanGate CEO and Founder Stockton Rush said the goal of the repeated subaquatic expeditions is to offer researchers an opportunity to analyze changes surrounding the sunken ship, including the development of coral reefs, decay of the ship’s metal and changes to the ocean’s current.