[rvnx]

In practice: a hard deadline/budget + customers who already paid can lead to a disaster.

Not saying this is wise, but at least he went with the customers, so he was all-in with them.

Stockton Rush himself during his public interventions made it clear such explorations were scary and dangerous:

"it made a lot of noise, which is a very sphincter-tightening experience".

[ImPostingOnHN]

I think the value of money is well established, it doesn't justify killing several others.

With how rich this guy was, and based on the article, it was probably hubris anyways.