Comments by "" (@salland12) on "Solar Eclipse Timer" channel.

If u ask me Tony Nissen is responsible in some regard. He as lead engineer oversaw and actually personally helped with the gluing of the 2 Rings to the hull. As we all know this was done in a sub-standard way in sub-standard conditions. He should have blown the whistle right there.
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I saw this video many years ago and i could never understand these conditions and the lack of precision. All the reasons you pointed out in your video baffled me to.
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To say that there was no regulation in place to to prevent this is not true. Ocean-gate went above and beyond to go around the regulations by registering the Sub in the kayman's and calling the tourists onboard ''mission specialists''. It is not allowed to do tourist dives in a sub that is not classed.
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3:55 Tony Nissen is contradicting himself. Dave Dywer of the APL testified that he wanted to share the CF hull specifics to the foundry that were engineering and making the Titanium domes and rings so they could match it to each other. Tony Nissen was strongly against this, even when Dave Dywer did share some engineering plans of the CF hull with foundry Tony Nissen got so upset this resulting in APL severing relations with Ocean Gate. Tony's version of events is that they did eventuality match the rings to the V1 CF hull. If this was the case i wonder why Dave Dwyer is testifying the exact opposite.
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@TikkaTCM When Lochridge wrote his Titan inspection report after this he had his dismissal conversation where Nissen was present. If u read the transcript of this conversation u can clearly see Nissen is vested in Rush and in every decision he made including not having the hull scanned for defects and severing relations with APL. Nissen was part of the problem Lochridge was trying to adres. In that period Nissen enabled Rush to make all these design changes and there is very little information available Nissen spoke out about any of this.
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U are talking about Tony Nissen. Tony was a yes-man according to various testimony. He was the reason Ocean Gate severed relation with the APL.
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@gothgirlkim A customer who goes to a store and doesn't buy anything and than says i wont come back again.
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@TikkaTCM In my opinion he absolutely was. I find this case very interesting because Rush didn't and couldn't have made every decision on his own he had people around him supporting him and enabling him like Nissen. Dave Dyer's (UW APL) testimony also mentioned that he and Nissen budded heads and had fierce arguments about material, design and testing procedures. Dyer specifically mentioned Nissen did not want to share overview hull designs to the company who were forging the Titanium domes and rings. Dyer passed Nissen and shared the relevant designs anyways. Nissen got extremely angry about this and shortly after the Ocean Gate APL relation was severed. There is a pattern Nissen was part of the problem, this is very obvious when u read the 79 page transcript of the conversation where Lochridge's was dismissed/fired. Nissen wasn't even sharing design/testing documents needed for Lochridges inspection. It is clear Nissen was (like Rush) a arrogant know it all engineer who was in way over his head designing this sub since he had zero experience.
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@solareclipsetimer A lack responsibility on his part to. Some engineers blew the whistle very early on. Those who didn't and now afterwards say they knew it wasn't safe should be held responsible.
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It is my understanding that some are build that the front doesn't fall off at all
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@solareclipsetimer I don't want to discredit Nissen in anyway but if i look at Lochridges's and Dave Dyer's testimony it seems Nissen just like Rush disregarded many testing and engineering protocols set by APL and this was during Nissen's time as lead engineer. Nissen isn't a professional engineer and he had zero experience with submersibles, he was not in anyplace to make those decisions especially without the APL or a classing agency .His experience was more in instrumentation, in which as we now know he indeed did a good job with the acoustic monitoring system. During the conversation in which David Lochridge was fired Nissen was present, This conversation was recorded and i'am really curious what was said by Nissen. This could determine in part how vested he was in the kool-aide cult and show how liable he really is. Given the testimony's and the fact he never blew the whistle on this thing he was for a long time a true believer in the kool-aide cult of Rush.
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@solareclipsetimer are u really a surgeon?
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@lalaLAX219 There is a redacted transcript of the recorded conversation in which Lochridge was dismissed/fired. It is on the US Coastguard website labeld as ''CG-100 Interview Transcript Dir. of Marine Operations with CEO_Redacted''. I have read it and it is obvious Nissen was part of the problem, couple that with Dave Dyers testimony (UW APL) where he and Nissen had fierce arguments all the time about design and testing it is obvious Nissen agreed to sever their relation with APL.
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@infrasleep U comment is very true. I have since read the transcript of the conversation in which Lochridge was dismissed/fired. Nissen took part in this conversation. The transcript is redacted but u can make out who is who. Nissen is very vocal that there is nothing wrong with what they are doing and is completely complacent to Rush. While his testimony now is quite the opposite. According to the transcript and other documents Nissen wasn't sharing technical documents with lochridge needed for his inspection. I feel at that time Nissen was part of the problem Lochridge was trying fight when it comes to the safety and engineering concerns. Nissen was completely vested that it would work and was convinced a scan of the hull wasn't needed.
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Where have i seen this before🤔
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@solareclipsetimer Like i said Ocean gate purposely went around all the rules and regulations. The customers/tourists dubbed as mission specialists even had to pay they 250k fee as a donation the oceangate FOUNDATION which was a non-profit.
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 @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Tony NIssen was the director of engineering at ocean gate during the V1 hull. Nissen was one of stocktons yes-man
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@solareclipsetimer In what field?
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Like Patrick Lahey pointed out a cf hull submarine isnt a new idea. U just have spend money and tine to test, certify and class it. Ocean-gate went for the cheap route.
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 @ninjalectualx yep that is why Tesla ranks dead last in build quality.
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@katrinat.3032 His accent makes all the diffrence and is wat swayed me🤭
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