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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much of this is outside the scope of what the average person can understand.  Most DCUMers wore masks on the street for 2 years during COVID…this board trends risk-averse, not even comfort with normal risk.

I happen to be on the more-than-not risk-taker side (I regularly dive with 14 ft sharks without a cage, for example) but I know some extreme risk takers and they just don’t have a sense of fear like normal people do.

IMO, they knew what could go wrong and went anyway.  This is on them.

In good news, it was quick death.  Talking to an old Navy diver friend of mine…back in the day when they were doing this stuff with diving bells, when a failure happens, it happens under so much pressure that the remains were sucked into the lines.  Nothi left but gluey pulp. I find that a comfort.  Hats off to the explorers…someone has to do it.  I am not that person, but I admire the grit.[/quote]

This response is like a breath of fresh air to this thread.

Humans have risked their lives for exploration and adventure as long as we've been human. They aren't saints or villains. Just humans pushing boundaries.

It's ironic due to the tragedy that is the Titanic itself, but humans also love a good story.[/quote]

I agree with both of you - except this wasn't them taking the risk to dive with sharks (which I've done, too). It was basically having a yahoo commit consumer fraud by sending them to their deaths in a rickety contraption with known safety issues. They could have done deep sea exploration - and it would have come with risks. These were unnecessary risks. They weren't on the vanguard of testing a brand new form of transportation - an ultra lightweight plane that the engineers believe work, and now you've got to try it. This was a death trap. That's not great exploration - that's consumer fraud.[/quote]

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