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Logitech F710 game controller. A modified version was used aboard the ''Titan''.]]
''Titan'' is a five-person submersible vessel operated by [[OceanGate, Inc.]] According to OceanGate, it is designed to dive as deep as {{cvt|4000|m|ft}} "for site survey and inspection, research and data collection, film and media production, and [[deep sea|deepsea]] testing of hardware and software
The {{Convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} vessel is constructed from [[carbon fibre]] and [[titanium]].<ref name="TitanSub" /> Its steering controls consist of a [[Logitech]] [[List_of_Logitech_products#Gamepads|G F710]] (a wireless [[game controller]]) with modified [[Analog stick|analog sticks]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Tassi |first=Paul |date=20 June 2023 |title=The Missing Titanic Submarine Was Using A $30 Video Game Controller |work=[[Forbes]] |location= |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/06/20/the-missing-titanic-submarine-was-using-a-30-video-game-controller/ |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gault |first=Matthew |date=20 June 2023 |title=Why Did the Missing Titanic Sub Use a $40 Video Game Controller? |work=[[Vice (magazine)|VICE]] |location= |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjjqq/why-did-the-missing-titanic-sub-use-a-dollar40-video-game-controller |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620174337/https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjjqq/why-did-the-missing-titanic-sub-use-a-dollar40-video-game-controller |archive-date=20 June 2023 |quote=Gamepads are so good at controlling things, that the U.S. military frequently uses them.}}</ref><ref name="KotakuF710">{{cite news |last=Gach |first=Ethan |date=20 June 2023 |title=Why The Missing Titanic Tourist Sub Has Everyone Talking About A Cheap Old Gaming Controller |work=[[Kotaku]] |location= |url=https://kotaku.com/titanic-submarine-missing-logitech-controller-oceangate-1850555699 |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620150822/https://kotaku.com/titanic-submarine-missing-logitech-controller-oceangate-1850555699 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |quote=The Titan was shown to be operated with a Logitech G Wireless Gamepad F710 at times in the past}}</ref> According to OceanGate, the vessel contains monitoring systems to continuously monitor the strength of the [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]].<ref name="TitanSub" /> The vessel has life support
=== ''Titanic'' expeditions ===
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Customers who travel to the ''Titanic'' with OceanGate, referred to as "mission specialists" by the company,<ref name="CNN1">{{Cite web |last1=Regan |first1=Helen |last2=Yeung |first2=Jessie |last3=Renton |first3=Adam |last4=Said-Moorhouse |first4=Lauren |last5=Upright |first5=Ed |date=20 June 2023 |title=The Titanic wreckage lies around 12,500 feet below sea level. Here's a look at the path to see it |url=https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/titanic-submersible-missing-search-06-20-23/h_e60116abdf9035120a8f19eea9d8fffc |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> spend {{Currency|250,000|USD}} to be involved in the eight-day expedition.<ref name="BBC1" /><ref name="SkyNews3">{{Cite news |last=Enokido-Lineham |first=Olive |date=19 June 2023 |title=UK billionaire Hamish Harding on board missing Titanic submersible, family confirms |work=[[Sky News]] |url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-family-confirms-12905616 |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620041549/https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-family-confirms-12905616 |archive-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>
Technology writer and reporter [[David Pogue]], who completed the expedition in 2022 as part of a ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'' feature,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-visiting-the-most-famous-shipwreck-in-the-world/|title=Titanic: Visiting the most famous shipwreck in the world|last=Pogue|first=David|date=27 November 2022|work=[[CBS Sunday Morning]]|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=20 June 2023|archive-date=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620021629/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-visiting-the-most-famous-shipwreck-in-the-world/|url-status=live}}</ref> stated that all passengers who enter the ''Titan'' sign a waiver confirming their knowledge that it is an "experimental" vessel "that has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death
OceanGate intended to conduct multiple expeditions to the ''Titanic'' in 2023, but because of poor weather in Newfoundland, the company has only launched a single expedition so far in 2023.<ref name="BBC1" /><ref name="SkyNews2" />
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