It has been said on many occasions that we have mapped the Moon and Mars better than we have mapped our own planet!
The following is a very interesting article - from MH370 to the USS San Francisco, there is a need to understand and map our planet's sea floor much better than we do now!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26956798
Mapping the ocean floor
Re: Mapping the ocean floor
Good link, read some of the others from that page also. A purpose-designed and mass-produced ASUV (Autonomous Surfacing Underwater Vehicle) relatively low in cost seems a much better way to map than 20 dirty great ships ploughing around for 10 years.
Re: Mapping the ocean floor
Considering the amount of time it took just to map the land...
Its going to take a lot longer to do the sea
But it should be worth it.
Its going to take a lot longer to do the sea
But it should be worth it.
Re: Mapping the ocean floor
"We were born too late to explore the earth, too early to explore the stars, but the ocean is within our grasp."
Re: Mapping the ocean floor
Inspiring and totally apt