Robert D. Ballard

“Why are we ignoring the oceans? Why does NASA get all the money?”

“I see a day when we will have a vast armada of intelligent robots roaming the deep ocean.”

“The biggest discoveries are the ones you don't expect.”

“The deep ocean is the last great frontier on our planet.”

“My mission is to go where no one has gone before.”

“Finding the Titanic was a byproduct of a secret Cold War mission.”

“Telepresence is the human spirit, the desire to be there.”

“The deep sea is the largest museum on Earth, it's just that the fire protection system is a little flawed.”

“We have better maps of Mars than of our own sea floor.”

“It is a quiet and peaceful and fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.”

“Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.”

“You can't be an explorer in a classroom.”

“The oceans are the last unexplored wilderness on our planet.”

“More people have been to the moon than to the bottom of the sea.”

“I grew up a dyslexic kid, not knowing how to read. But I was a great storyteller.”

“The greatest discoveries are yet to come.”

“The future of our planet is in the hands of the youth.”

“I think the most important thing is to be curious.”