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I've long heard it said by scientists of many different disciplines that we know more about what is in our solar system than what is on the bottom of our oceans. The recent probe that was crashed into the moon, as well as the recent anniversary of the moon landing got me wondering why there isn't more effort into exploring our oceans.
New species of fish are always being found, and there are countless other species of fish in the murky depths which we don't know about. Fish straight out of kid's nightmares are down there just waiting to be discovered. It has to happen one day, but the funding just doesn't seem to be there.
Although they seem to know what it is, clips like this always capture my imagination:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090921-brazil-bizarre-fish-video-ap.html
Space tourism seems to be the new big thing. Canadian, Guy Laliberté, recently spent 10 days in space. Personally, if I had that much $ I'd rather shoot round the bottoms of the oceans in exploration submarines. Perhaps big time entrepeneurs will be the ones to fund the exploration?
Many people claim that the world is overpopulated. The room under water is endless. How long until we start seeing underwater cities? Will countries with big coastlines like Australia all of a sudden have an advantage on landlocked countries because they have the ability to expand towards their oceanic borders?
I've long heard it said by scientists of many different disciplines that we know more about what is in our solar system than what is on the bottom of our oceans. The recent probe that was crashed into the moon, as well as the recent anniversary of the moon landing got me wondering why there isn't more effort into exploring our oceans.
New species of fish are always being found, and there are countless other species of fish in the murky depths which we don't know about. Fish straight out of kid's nightmares are down there just waiting to be discovered. It has to happen one day, but the funding just doesn't seem to be there.
Although they seem to know what it is, clips like this always capture my imagination:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090921-brazil-bizarre-fish-video-ap.html
Space tourism seems to be the new big thing. Canadian, Guy Laliberté, recently spent 10 days in space. Personally, if I had that much $ I'd rather shoot round the bottoms of the oceans in exploration submarines. Perhaps big time entrepeneurs will be the ones to fund the exploration?
Many people claim that the world is overpopulated. The room under water is endless. How long until we start seeing underwater cities? Will countries with big coastlines like Australia all of a sudden have an advantage on landlocked countries because they have the ability to expand towards their oceanic borders?
