Not a single one of these customers walked in off the street. This is not a mass-market product, it's incredibly bespoke. It's so new and experimental that nobo

Not a single one of these customers walked in off the street. This is not a mass-market product, it's incredibly bespoke. It's so new and experimental that nobody knows exactly how safe it is. That's why it's literally classed as experimental. There was no trickery here - hell, there are tons of stories from rich folks who declined a trip because they didn't think it was safe. There's a long tradition of rich people getting themselves killed with experimental toys. Usually it's general aviation. Did John Denver know the risks of having the fuel tank selector valve over his left shoulder? Obviously not, or he probably wouldn't have crashed. But we let people buy and sell airplanes anyway - or at least, we did up until the 80s when we sued aircraft manufacturers into oblivion. I'd rather live in a world with general aviation and a small but steady stream of deaths, rather than a world with no deaths because we've eliminated general aviation. I ask you personally: Would you fly on a hypothetical next shuttle launch? Because I think most HNers would, even though the shuttle has historically had about a 2% failure rate. Which, if the 50 dives claimed by the oceangate website is correct, is on par with the Titan.