Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mind bending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?
Some extracts from the talk that I really enjoyed and got me thinking;
“The mid-oceanic ridge covers almost 23% of the Earths total surface area.”
Robert poses an interesting series of question;
“Why are we not looking at moving out onto the sea? Why do we have programs to build habitation on Mars and we have programs to look at colonising the Moon but we do not have a program looking at how we colonise our own planet and the technology is at hand.”
Another amazing presentation give at the TED conference in March 2008!
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