I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of Mars than those areas.

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.

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.

Great is the person who plants a tree knowing he will never sit under it.

Remember to always dream. More importantly, work hard to make those dreams come true and never give up.

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.