NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Day eight of the hearing on the Titan submersible disaster brought experts from NASA and Boeing before the Marine Board of Investigation in North Charleston.
The board is in search of answers regarding the Titan’s doomed mission to the Titanic wreckage site in June 2023. The submersible, belonging to OceanGate, imploded killing all five of its occupants.
NASA Materials Engineer, Justin Jackson, was the first witness to testify on Thursday. He told the board OceanGate came to NASA looking for a facility to manufacture a composite cylinder. Jackson testified OceanGate and NASA entered a Space Act Agreement signed in early 2020, which assigned NASA 14 responsibilities…