I'm a lot more sympathetic to that reasoning for Mars than I am the deep sea. Anyone going to Mars whether they're paying or getting paid will necessarily wind

I'm a lot more sympathetic to that reasoning for Mars than I am the deep sea. Anyone going to Mars whether they're paying or getting paid will necessarily wind up having to spend their time doing things that will answer questions and find solutions for problems with sending people to Mars. The deep sea by contrast is "fairly solved" and Oceangate was just trying to make it more accessible. Also, who cares if you have to pay, you'll make it back with book deals and whatnot on the other end, if you make it back. That said, I don't think this is actually going to happen and if it does it'll be 2036 not 2026.