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| | Written Testimony on Ocean Exploration |
 | | Ocean exploration is the systematic observation of all facets of the ocean (biological, physical, chemical, geological, archeological, etc.) in all three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension of time. |
 | | Ocean exploration leaves a legacy of carefully documented information for posterity, to address questions we do not know enough to even pose at the time that the data are collected. |
 | | Ocean exploration leads to great, but largely unpredictable, rewards: cures for diseases from novel biological compounds, untapped mineral, energy, and biological resources, insight as to how the ocean system functions, geological and biological vistas of unsurpassed beauty, appreciation for mankind’s maritime past. |
| www.house.gov /science/hearings/ets/jul12/mcnutt.htm (1959 words) |
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