Someday, I hope that similar technilogical and financial resources will be focused on the oceans. The Japanese recently discovered rare earth metals in abundance a few miles down.
That's a good point Glander. It has been said that we know more about the surface of the moon than the deepest depths of the ocean. The Mariana Trench is deeper (approx. 36,000 ft) than Everest is high (29,035 ft). That was an interesting discovery of those rare earth metals.
So much still to learn below and above. Heck, we can only account for 4% of the universe, the other 96% has been named dark matter, we just don't know what it is yet.
Hope I'm around when we find out. *now regrets grabbing McD's for lunch*