If You Compare Nasa's Annual Budget To Explore The Heavens, That One Year Budget Would Fund Noaa's Budget To Explore The Oceans For 1,600 Years.
There's Probably More History Now Preserved Underwater Than In All The Museums Of The World Combined. And There's No Law Governing That History. It's Finders Keepers.
I Mean, There Is Amazing Amount Of Oil And Gas And Other Resources Out Beneath The Sea. It's Staggering.
I Believe In Just Enriching The Economy. And We're Leaving So Much On The Table, 72 Percent Of The Planet.
What Drives Me Is Exploration With A Purpose, More The Classic Royal Geographical Society Genre.
You Don't Go To Gettysburg With A Shovel, You Don't Take Belt Buckles Off The Arizona.
My Family Came In 1635 From England And Settled In Williamsburg. Shortly After, They Split Up; Half Went To New England And Half Stayed In Virginia. I'm A Virginian Ballard.
There Are More Active Volcanoes Beneath The Sea Than On Land By Two Orders Of Magnitude.