OceanGate and Stockton Rush — the inside story, in his own words

“Our rule is, we risk capital — we don’t risk people.” That was a guiding principle for Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate, as described by its CEO, Stockton Rush (above), in a talk at the GeekWire Summit in October 2022.

• Rush’s engineering decisions, and his tolerance for risk, are getting new scrutiny after the apparent implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible this week, near the site of the Titanic wreck deep under the North Atlantic Ocean, killing Rush and four others.

• On a new 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 Rush and OceanGate, discusses the Titan tragedy, and considers what’s next for the company and the larger world of ocean exploration. 

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