- NOAA is the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
- NASA's budget is 1,600 times bigger than NOAA's budget.
- We don't have good maps of the ocean and that's because we have only explored a very small amount of the ocean itself.
- 50% of the the United States lies beneath the sea.
- 5-4 people are in the deep sea on a good day.
- The Mid-Ocean Ridge cover 23% of the Earth's surface.
- Most of the planet doesn't feel the warmth of the sun, because light can't reach the depth of the ocean.
- In the deep ocean they found
- Hydro thermal vents.
- Life that uses Chemosynthesis.
- 10 foot long Tape Worms.
- Giant Calms that have been completely taken over by bacteria.
- Large deposits of heavy metals.
- Many other life forms.
- The average depth of the ocean is about 2,000 feet deep.
- Telepresence is having instant connection between the vessel and the headquarters through satellite connection.
- The Okeanos Explore is a ex Navy ship and it's mission is to explore areas of the ocean that we haven't yet seen.
- The Okeanos Explorer will run like a nuclear submarine (24hr shifts).
I think that life at sea would be a beneficial setup because we would have more resources from the ocean such as mineral, and food.