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Robert Ballard
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 30
Academic
Film Director
Geologist
Naval Officer
Non-Fiction Writer
Oceanographer
Professor
Wichita
Kansas
Robert Duane Ballard
Robert D. Ballard
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Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.
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So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.
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I would not let an adult drive my robot. You don't have enough gaming experience. But I will let a kid with no license take control of my vehicle system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Great is the person who plants a tree knowing he will never sit under it.
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The DEEP SEA has more history in it than all the museums of the world-combined.
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You can only inspire when you give people a new way of looking at the world in which they live.
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I believe in just enriching the economy. And we're leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet.
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The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light.
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Don't confuse facts with reality.
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I prefer sayings over jokes.
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I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.
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Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of Mars than those areas.
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I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what is going on.
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Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.
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Remember to always dream. More importantly, work hard to make those dreams come true and never give up.
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