If I were so obscenely rich I could drop half a million to take a family member on some risky trip to, say, the bottom of the ocean, I'd probably consider dropping a few thousand extra to hire someone to research whether the guy running the trip was a total clown who ignored blatant engineering and safety issues https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/missing-titanic-sub-faced-lawsuit-depths-safely-travel-oceangate
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

The New Republic
@AbandonedAmerica Exactly. How many people are being put at risk for these uber rich types that had that kind of change to go on this high risk trip. Same with space. As a tax payer I do not want to subsidize this. THere needs to be some sort of bond to cover recovery expenses AND USCG or other public agencies should only use volunteers for rescues