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"After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20 million years." (washingtonpost.com)
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[–]appleseed1234 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (4 children)
I don't. Space is infinitely larger and more important than a large body of water on a single planet.
[–]fuzzylumpkinsclassic 52 points53 points54 points 3 years ago (3 children)
To the universe? Yes. To the species whose sole habitat is said planet? absolutely not.
[–]appleseed1234 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)
Really? What exactly would they do with all the space exploration money that people are lamenting that they don't have? The 6% or so of the oceans that have been explored were explored for a reason, because there are things worth looking at for research and because they are the places (coastal, volcanic) that are the most likely to benefit humanity. The vast majority of the 94% is lifeless mud below the continental shelf, what kind of knowledge or utility would be gleaned from that?
Oceans are great, but to give it greater or equivalent importance to the needs of humanity now and in the future is just plain laughable. As if once the missiles start flying and humanity is doomed people are going to be thinking "Gee, I wish we spent more money exploring the ocean to ensure humanity's survival".
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[–]appleseed1234 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)
We're not really investigating the infinitely larger quantity of space that would be useful to humanity, we're still learning how to cross it, hence the big budget.
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