Fairly interesting article on Ballard and his quest for glory on the seas in the "search for"1 the Titanic, but my favorite line in the entire article is this:

"While searching for the sunken submarines, Ballard learned an invaluable lesson on the effects of ocean currents on sinking debris: The heaviest stuff sinks quickly." [emphasis added]

Really...do you think so? I'm fairly sure that  Ballard didn't say it that way, so it begs the question: does anyone actually edit these stories for intelligent writing or are they just concerned with spelling and grammar? I'm fully aware of what Ballard meant to convey, but, really, did the write actually not think about what he was typing?

Other than that, though, it was a very informative article with interesting insight into how the military has such a huge impact on both technology and exploration. As a side note, the author mentions that Secretary of the Navy Lehman "knew of the plan," which, in and of itself, isn't very interesting, but I am reading Lehman's book, On Seas of Glory. It's an fascinating and fairly well constructed reading on the history of naval warfare in the United States.

 

1 I put that in quotes because, well, you'll see when you read the article...