$140k Titanic Tours

[Gargamel]

From the subsim front page:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/...trip-1.4077540

Starting next year, a private American company will begin offering submarine tours of The Titanic wreckage off the coast of Newfoundland for $140,000 a pop.
But despite the hefty price tag, OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush says people should not sign up expecting a vacation.

My initial reaction was kind of dismissive. Of course it's a vacation. And it's a gravesite, so why should it be a place of tourism?

But as I thought about it, we visit land based grave sites and battlefields all the time, like Gettysburg. They even mention this in the article.

Using the money to fund research, and having the participants actively involved in shipboard duties and research is a wonderful idea, IMO. If I had the cash, I'd very much be onboard doing this.