Cost efficiency — that's what drove many of the decisions OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush made as he and his company worked to construct Titan, the deep-sea submersible that historically imploded last week on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic.
OceanGate constructed the hull of the underwater vessel using carbon fibre they bought from Boeing at a "big discount" because it was past its shelf life and couldn't be used on airplanes any longer.
And to build the battery, the company conscripted college students and encouraged them to use "commercial off the shelf" parts and "low-cost circuits."
