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Major_Lennox t1_iy2ndkx wrote

What's the estimate for how much the world's navies have explored/mapped?

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Riegel_Haribo t1_iy35ect wrote

The estimate is classified.

Seriously dumb headline. 100% has been mapped. One has to just qualify that with "not mapped to five meter resolution" etc. It's like saying a city hasn't been mapped because they don't have the location of every tree.

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WalkerBRiley t1_iy3izq5 wrote

It is the standard "Stop spending money on space exploration when we've an ocean to explore right here!" argument. As though we can't do both.

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Lileowastaken t1_iy46sbt wrote

It's funnier when they go on about the Mariana Trench like we haven't been down there over 20 times already.

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Tsjernobull t1_iy37br3 wrote

I had to scroll way to long for someone to finally mention this

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iliacbaby t1_iy68nez wrote

we didnt even discover hydrothermal vents until like the 1970s. there's a lot down there that we don't know about

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