The story of OceanGate and Stockton Rush

"Our rule is, we risk capital — we don't risk people." That was the guiding principle for Everett-Wash.-based OceanGate, as described by its CEO, Stockton Rush, at the GeekWire Summit in October 2022.

Rush's engineering decisions, and his tolerance for risk, as reflected in his comments at our event, are getting new scrutiny after the apparent implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, near the site of the Titanic wreck deep under the North Atlantic Ocean this week, killing Rush and four others on board. 

On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we're joined by Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor, who has been covering OceanGate for the past seven years. He tells the story of Stockton Rush and the company, discusses the tragedy of the past week, and contemplates what's next for OceanGate and the larger world of ocean and space exploration. 

• Now what? OceanGate sub tragedy sets off a torrent of questions without answers
• OceanGate submersible and crew declared lost after discovery of debris near Titanic
• Watch the full video: Stockton Rush at the 2022 GeekWire Summit
• Read an archived version of Rush's OceanGate bio, and a New York Times obituary.

With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop

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