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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way some posters are reacting, it is a wonder two bicycle shop owners ever took their crazy contraption out to Kill Devil Hills in NC.

None of the people are stupid anymore  than those who strive to go to space.

Just because you would never do it, doesn’t mean others shouldn’t!

I hope they rose to the surface and just haven’t been found yet. [/quote]

[b]These guys weren't inventors.  They were tourists.  [/b]

It's not even like Everest, where people have to train and be fit beyond imagining.  These people just wrote a check.[/quote]

False. They were Mission Specialists.
  
Without their participation, this scientific venture would not have moved forward.

People in this area claim to be in favor of Science, but when the rubber meets the road, it is all “hurr durr! They were privileged billionaires. Their fee for this trip would have been better spent on Teslas for the unhoused”

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Do tell what science they were engaging in. Why safety measures on submarines are always a good idea? Mission accomplished.  You are an absolute fool if you think science was anything but a thinly veiled guise for what this was really all about: vanity tourism.[/quote]

Exactly…just like the rich people who pay to be hauled up Everest by sherpas aren’t explorers.[/quote]

Absolutely. If you’ve ever read Into Thin Air it’s crazy how many of these people didn’t even have the right equipment and seemed not to know what they were doing at all. [b]But then millions of dollars and resources weren’t put into rescue attempts at the summit simply because everyone knew there was no point.[/b][/quote]

That's what I was thinking, and wondering how is this different?  People who climb Everest know that at a certain point high enough on the mountain, you either get yourself down on your own power, or you die.  That's just how it is.  You can't fly a helicopter up there or carry somebody down.  One of the guides on that Everest trip was in radio contact with base camp and his pregnant wife as he froze to death.  They all knew help was not on the way.  How is this sub different?  Don't you know (or do your due diligence before forking over $250k and learn) that if something goes wrong on the ocean floor, there's no saving you?[/quote]
Into Thin Air happened over a quarter century ago. Helicopter long-line rescues are becoming more common in the Himalayas for those who can pay. People will continue taking risks.[/quote]

But are they happening in the Death Zone of Everest? Has it happened?[/quote]

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