He said the expeditions, which cost up to $250,000 for a seat, were simply a way of funding the research.Ī massive multinational search is under way near the century-old wreck to find and retrieve the five people on board the five-inch thick carbon fibre vessel. Virnig added that OceanGate's main interest was researching the ocean rather than adventure tourism. The submersible that went missing on a dive to the Titanic was designed to be low-tech, a former subcontractor who worked on it has said.ĭoug Virnig, who helped with the development of OceanGate's Titan - which is operated with a wireless Logitech video game controller - said it uses as many 'off-the-shelf' components as possible to save on costs and timely research and development.
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