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he went on. a few days later, oceangate s stockton rush replied. he told rob mccullum. the next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms. oceangate s lawyers then contacted rob maccullum and threatened legal action. today, we ve contacted them again and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no one should have gone in this submersible. our science correspondent jonathan amos has been tracking this story since the sub was first reported missing. this is a stark exchange your? it s a this is a stark exchange your? it s a fascinating exchange, actually. it is polite ish, but it s also very testy indeed. we should perhaps explain who rob mccullum is, he s got a storied career in deep submersibles. he led the five deeps expedition so this was the american adventure of the first person ever to reach the deepest points and all the world s oceans. so he certainly knows what he s talking about. and his criticism of stockton rush here, ....
Talking about. and his criticism of stockton rush here, the ceo of oceangate, centres around the approach of stockton rush s company, the materials they are using in the titan sub, but also around this lack of a certification process, the idea that you bring a third party in and they run the rule over your technology, then ultimately give you a piece of paper saying, this ship is worthy, you can go use it, it won t guarantee that it ll not implode, as we saw on sunday, but that it meets the basic standards required. and as you say, the exchange ends up with the oceangate lawyers getting in touch with rob mccullum and saying, we don t want to have a legal issue with you over this exchange. and remember, it s all about safety at the end of the day, it s about this unusual shape, ....