I feel you. I think at a bare minimum anyone wanting to do something like this should be required to get some sort of insurance coverage that will help bear the cost of rescue/recovery if the worst happens.
Insurance would punish actual research though I think and we definitely need ocean research with climate change. You know the insurance companies would make it nigh impossible. Maybe you could have the coast guard offer it but exempt research? Just tourism and business?
I’m kind of leaning towards the coast guard and others knowing off the bat that OceanGate was toast and they went through with it anyway for hands on training.
The more I think about it, the more I think it should be a if you’re doing anything experimental (ocean, space, air, etc) you are required to provide your own rescue. No one helps you. Full stop. If people still want to take the risk, that’s on them.
I feel you. I think at a bare minimum anyone wanting to do something like this should be required to get some sort of insurance coverage that will help bear the cost of rescue/recovery if the worst happens.
Insurance would punish actual research though I think and we definitely need ocean research with climate change. You know the insurance companies would make it nigh impossible. Maybe you could have the coast guard offer it but exempt research? Just tourism and business?
I’m kind of leaning towards the coast guard and others knowing off the bat that OceanGate was toast and they went through with it anyway for hands on training.
Then everyone would just claim it’s research.
The more I think about it, the more I think it should be a if you’re doing anything experimental (ocean, space, air, etc) you are required to provide your own rescue. No one helps you. Full stop. If people still want to take the risk, that’s on them.