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Author Message flaxattack Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2508 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 3:16 pm:    http://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/liz-welch/sea-orbiter-crowdfunded-scientific-discovery.html?cid=ps01902innovate peoplechipper Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 487 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014 - 10:57 pm:    Very cool...funny that I was just reading the section in Bill Bryson's book A short history of almost everything, that deals with Oceanography and how little we really know; this project will be a huge jump in knowledge and likely a big wakeup call...Tony pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1295 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 3:40 am:    The Pacific Garbage Patch should have everyone bright eyed and alert . . . . . cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1775 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 4:39 am:    "....a new impetus for the conquest of our blue planet...." Haven't we figured out yet that "conquering" the planet is a really bad way to go about things??? Peter lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5845 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 8:20 am:    I firmly believe that if our species tries to conquer the planet, the planet will eventually win. We will be gone, but the planet will still be here. Bill, tgo peoplechipper Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 488 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 11:04 pm:    It should be obvious now that we are too stupid to conquer and that conquer is a stupid point of view; basically we should be looking for a way to not turn the whole planet into a litter box...Tony