It was years before I started there, but I remember my manager at a previous company telling me how worried he was when that happened, as he’d signed a CoC for O rings that they had supplied for that shuttle, thankfully not the ones that failed though.
Apparently they had a warning light that should have come on before the pressure vessel imploded. Great, that’ll help.
I wasn't offended, just commenting on an inevitable outcome. It's good to keep the thread going as there is some useful and interesting discussion about the incident.
The thought had crossed my mind but the Titan saga has dashed any hopes of getting financial backing. I'm simply accumulating information so that I can become an armchair expert on miniature submarines and impress my friends with my knowledge.