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A point that hasn't really been discussed much in this thread is the current climate of "disruption" we are seeing in a lot of specialty engineering disciplines. Disruption is the name of the game in trying to come up with innovative and less costly ways of doing things that have been well-established in past years. We celebrate success, but then point to the old tried and true methods when something goes wrong. I'm not saying that what happened was acceptable. I think more testing and peer reviewed scrutiny of the engineering should have been done before taking tourists to the Titanic, but I do understand the desire to break the mold and explore new ideas.