"There are two pilots, one of which is Stockton Rush, the sub's designer and the CEO, and he drives the sub with a game controller ... It has the right levers and buttons to go up, down, left, right and so on.

This thing is controlled with a game controller. Image the reason for this whole situation is a fucking xbox one plastic controller (just if that is the case).

Edit: Apparently all failsaves should have brought the sub up to the surface, even if the crew is uncouncious.

[–] sinkingship@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I found the game controller thing strange at the beginning, too. But then I heard that the Us Navy is using them, too. Although not for steering but for their periscopes.

What I find really dumb is that the crew is bolted in from outside and there is no mechanism to open the vessel from the inside.

Not that it matters much when you're drifting on the open ocean.

And not painting the thing yellow or orange or something that pops, especially when it's not connected to a ship via cables and when the crew can't open the hatch themselves.

What I found kind of amusing is that people pay a quarter million and then have to take turns looking out a small window.