There's a long list of technologies that have now made it possible to carry out very precise search efforts in the deep sea.

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.

NASA's annual budget for space exploration could fund NOAA's budget for ocean exploration for 1600 years.

So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.

Don't confuse facts with reality.