> Lahey saw Vescovo’s mission as a way to develop and test the world’s first unlimited hadal exploration system—one that could then be replicated and improved,

> Lahey saw Vescovo’s mission as a way to develop and test the world’s first unlimited hadal exploration system—one that could then be replicated and improved, for scientists. This really is the crux of the matter. It's easy to dismiss these sorts of projects as just indulging the fantasies of the super-rich, but because of forward-thinking people, as in this case, they can amount to a great deal more.