Years Of Careful Planning
This was not, however, a typical spur-of-the-moment mission. They spent two years determining the best time and location for the dive. The wait is justified. The truth is, we know more about the heavens than we do about our own planet’s ocean floor.
We Know Little About It
We’ve learned more about the surface of Mars than the ocean floors surrounding us. Let’s take a look at things from a different angle. Earth and its nearest planet are 140 million miles apart. On the other hand, the ocean’s average depth is less than 12,000 feet, or around two miles!