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

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.