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> I read elsewhere that they were given six weeks to design and build the cylindrical hull. And that he OceanGate CEO had sourced a bunch of out-of-date prepreg
by AlexandrB 3y ago
> I read elsewhere that they were given six weeks to design and build the cylindrical hull. And that he OceanGate CEO had sourced a bunch of out-of-date prepreg carbon fiber from Boeing, getting a great deal, and said that 'those aerospace guys may need those dates but we don't'.
Apparently Boeing denies this ever happened[1]. The story comes from a claim that Stockton Rush made to a reporter - weird thing to lie about, for sure.
[1] https://news.yahoo.com/oceangate-ceo-once-said-titan-180022594.html https://news.yahoo.com/oceangate-ceo-once-said-titan-1800225...
> Boeing initially declined to comment, but later said the company "has found no record of any sale of composite material to OceanGate or its CEO."
- toss1 3y agoHe may not have gotten it directly from Boeing. He may have gotten it from any other aerospace mfgr and just claimed/conflated it was Boeing. Most likely, he got it from one of the small herd of composites recyclers who got it from Boeing; so it was from Boeing, but not directly. The path would have been something like [Major Carbon Prepreg Supplier] -> [Boeing] -> [sit in freezer for 19 or 25 months] -> [Recycler] -> [Oceangate]. Thus, "I got a great price on this outdated material from Boeing.", and Boeing has no clue or legitimate involvement. Boeing is also going to want to stay as far away from this as possible, even tho donating/selling known outdated material, specified as such, is perfectly fine. They're just coming out of their own huge issues.
- jacquesm 3y agoThose videos and that article will come back to haunt them.