NASA materials engineer Justin Jackson clarified that while the agency was involved with OceanGate, they primarily provided remote consultation and manufacturing was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The collaboration breakdown between OceanGate and NASA in 2021 was partly due to marketing language that suggested closer involvement than actually occurred, causing NASA to refuse endorsement.
OceanGate's CEO, Stockton Rush, indicated that the collaboration with reputed organizations like NASA was foundational for Titan, enhancing perceived safety, despite NASA's limited actual involvement.
Public testimony indicated NASA's distance from the Titan project post-2020, stressing that the agency could not accept marketing claims suggesting a level of collaboration that did not happen.
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