While this is a fictional story, it also raises questions about the potential consequences of the inventor's creative ambitions.
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The first person to mention is Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions. He is confirmed to die aboard the submersible Titan he built.
According to reports, he and 4 other passengers traveled with the Titan submersible to a depth of 3,800 meters to explore the wreckage of the legendary Titanic. However, the ship is said to have malfunctioned and suffered a "catastrophic explosion", killing all five passengers on the submersible.
Rush is not the first case. Many scientists and inventors have also lost their lives because of their inventions.
1. Titanic shipbuilder Thomas Andrews
The fate of the Stockton Rush coincides strangely with that of Thomas Andrews, the designer of the Titanic.
Andrew is an Irish shipbuilder. At the young age of 34, he was appointed General Manager of the design/drafting department of the major Belfast shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. In 1907, he was also the designer of the Titanic.
Andrews was also on board the Titanic as a first-class passenger when the accident occurred. When the ship was in trouble, Andrew was seen helping women and children into lifeboats, then stood silently in the smoking room, before leaving forever with the ship he had designed.
2. Franz Reichelet
Franz Reichelt was an Austro-Hungarian tailor who tried to take his career to the next level by designing a "wearable parachute".
Beginning in 1910, Reichelt experimented with his skydiving suit for about two years. He even presented the idea to the Aéro-Club de France, but it wasn't supported. Undeterred, Reichelt announced to the press in February 1912 that he planned to try the suit on at the Eiffel Tower.
On February 4, 1912, at least 30 journalists and photographers witnessed Reichelt smile as he descended the edge of the tower, only to watch him release his parachute before landing and dying instantly.
3. Mike Hughes
According to NPR, Mike Hughes was an intriguing paradox, as he was both a builder of rockets and a skeptic of scientific beliefs, including his firm belief in the flat Earth.
It is understood that Hughes was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2002 for the longest limousine ramp jump in 2002. Mike then began testing steam-powered rockets to prove the Flat Earth Theory.
The 2019 launch was delayed until February 22, 2020, when Hughes and his partner Waldo Starks planned to launch the rocket and kill him immediately after his rocket crashed into Barstow, CA (USA).
