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. Robert Ballard annualbudgetcompare Change image and share on social
I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter. Robert Ballard explorerhuntertreasure Change image and share on social
Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours. Robert Ballard followparentpassion Change image and share on social
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality. Robert Ballard amoralmoralitytechnology Change image and share on social
So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. Robert Ballard agebeginend Change image and share on social
Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet. Robert Ballard aldrinarmstrongbuzz share on social
Where I live in Connecticut was ice a mile above my house, all the way back to the North Pole, about 15 million kilometers, that's a big ice cube. But then it started to melt. We're talking about the floods of our living history. Robert Ballard backbigconnecticut share on social
What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre. Robert Ballard classicdriveexploration Change image and share on social
