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. -Robert Ballard History
Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent. -Robert Ballard Legal
So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. -Robert Ballard Age
