We all know what happens when designers of anything are arrogant.
* notice I said tourists, not explorers of which they were not.
His father had apparent been fascinated with the Titanic since he was young.
The pilot and founder of Oceangate had built his own submersible.
One of the men was nick named “Mr Titanic” due his studying of the Titanic.
Nobody was calling the passengers on the MIR submersibles that have been visiting the titanic since the 90's "explorers" because it was already discovered and heavily documented.
At some point it ceases to be considered "exploration". Also, most explorers have been paid to do the exploration, not the other way around.
Paying $250K for a ticket. If I buy Carnival cruise trip, does that make me an explorer?