Comments on: Deep-Sea Exploration is the Next Big Thing For Billionaires

By: Pattie Walser

Pattie Walser — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:27:44 +0000

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By: VendingLa

VendingLa — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:02:09 +0000

On the funding issue, if we sold more rides to billionaires and sold naming rights to the scientific vehicles (shuttles, space station, etc.) think of how many more science projects/missions could be done! I for one do not have a problem with American Airlines paying for patches on astronauts space suits (like racecar drivers?).
Umm…..we are supposed to be a capitalist country…..Duh?

By: Front Side Bus

Front Side Bus — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:50:21 +0000

Kind of interesting that we haven’t seen this yet. I guess the technology just wasn’t there yet.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:56:32 +0000

I listened to to the Skeptics guide to the universe today (a little later than normal due to my busy schedual) and there was an interview with Bill Nye, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye who highlighted this, albeit very briefly. Interesting stuff and the private companies seem to be exploiting many opportunities at the moment. SGU is a great podcast and the latest one with this interview can be found here: http://hw.libsyn.com/p/4/e/4/4e4d88133fa1baaf/skepticast2011-07-27.mp3?sid=a9e3d5c52f3abf8a566cfe2ab03acf4e&l_sid=19482&l_eid=&l_mid=2669173

Sam

By: Cathy L Williams

Cathy L Williams — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:33:46 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your article there could of been more of it.

By: Henry VIII

Henry VIII — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:58:09 +0000

“Citing the excitement of exploration, all are involved in the construction of next-generation submersibles to plumb the trench and other deeps, taking advantage of price reductions in many components and the dearth of such innovation in the scientific community.”

Perhaps if we were better funded, there wouldn’t be a ‘dearth’ in the scientific community. I guess our mistake was in conducting research instead of chauffeuring ‘thrill-seekers’. Obviously that’s where the money is.

By: Yordan Georgiev

Yordan Georgiev — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:47:34 +0000

Which points to the thought that the current system for funding research and science could be improved with such public-private initiatives. The technology could help advance this further – imagine the data which could be collected automatically from sensors on those vehicles and later on processed by the scientific community.