After the Titan submersible tragedy, OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein is now aiming to send 1,000 people to live on Venus by 2050, a media report said.
For Sohnlein, his goal of humans living on Venus is not just not motivational, but aspirational and doable by 2050.
With the aim of "establishing a permanent human presence in the Venusian atmosphere," Sohnlein launched another company, "Humans2Venus", in 2020.
The founder and chairman of Humans2Venus emphasized that while there were casualties among the passengers of the Titan submersible, the tragic incident should not hinder the advancement of humanity.
Instead, it should serve as a driving force for humanity to continually push the boundaries of innovation.
"Forget OceanGate. Forget Titan. Forget Stockton. Humanity could be on the verge of a big breakthrough and not take advantage of it because we, as a species, are gonna get shut down and pushed back into the status quo", he told an English daily.
Sohnlein cited research indicating that humans could potentially thrive in Venus' atmosphere, specifically at an altitude of 30 miles above the planet's surface.
At this level, the temperatures and pressure are significantly lower, making it a feasible environment for human habitation.
Meanwhile, OceanGate has suspended its operations after the tragic Titan submersible imploded during a dive on an expedition to see the Titanic wreckage.
The unfortunate incident claimed the lives of all five passengers, which included OceanGate's CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, and his 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood.