Maybe ABC can ask a few more questions - like “did these ‘scientists’ have their trip paid for by the fools who signed up to go along?” Was this a free vacation scam rather than real research?
Time for Gio Benitez, Anthony Castellano, Mallory Thompson and Ben Krolowitz to look into this...
According to another thread (sorry, no linkey) the ‘scientists’ got grants to cover most costs. There was extra space aboard the ship, so paying tourists were brought along to partially offset the costs. The tourists paid about 1/4 million out of a total 1.5 million cost for the expedition. That part of this fiasco actually makes sense.