Inside the Lost Titanic Sub: An Update
Unsung Science
CBS News
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The lost OceanGate submersible has captured the world’s attention. In the summer of 2022, “CBS News Sunday Morning” correspondent and "Unsung Science" host David Pogue was invited to join an expedition to visit the Titanic wreck with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, as well as Titanic dive veteran P.H. Nargeolet, aboard the one-of-a-kind sub. David covered his adventure in a two-part episode in December 2022. Today, we know that the sub and its creator met a tragic end. Pogue looks back at the experience, with his commentary in the wake of the loss.
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| 0:06.6 | A few things are more devastating than a loved one that's gone missing. |
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| 0:26.9 | I'm David Pogue, and this is Unsung Science. |
| 0:30.8 | The Lost Ocean Gate Submersible has been front page headlines all week, all over the |
| 0:35.9 | world. |
| 0:36.9 | That's the 22-foot, one-of-a-kind carbon fiber sub that has been taking passengers down |
| 0:42.8 | to see the Titanic for $250,000 a person. |
| 0:48.2 | This news has horrifying resonance for me because I was on one of its dives last summer. |
| 0:55.3 | I spent nine intense days with its designer, Ocean Gate CEO Stockton Rush, and Titanic |
| 1:02.3 | dive veteran pH narjale. |
| 1:05.2 | Both men, along with three paying passengers, are presumed dead on the Lost Sub. |
| 1:12.3 | Now the questions and recriminations have begun. |
| 1:15.7 | Was Ocean Gate Sub a poorly designed accident waiting to happen? |
| 1:20.0 | Or just the victim of the unpredictable business of deep sea exploration in the dangerous |
| 1:25.0 | North Atlantic? |
| 1:26.9 | Six months ago, we posted a two-part Unsung Science story about my time with Ocean Gate. |
| 1:33.7 | It focused heavily on the safety and design of the Sub, which are now coming under global |
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