You Don't Let A Historic Site Rot.

The Fact That This Chain Of Life Existed [at Volcanic Vents On The Seafloor] In The Black Cold Of The Deep Sea And Was Utterly Independent Of Sunlight - Previously Thought To Be The Font Of All Earth's Life - Has Startling Ramifications. If Life Could Flourish There, Nurtured By A Complex Chemical Process Based On Geothermal Heat, Then Life Could Exist Under Similar Conditions On Planets Far Removed From The Nurturing Light Of Our Parent Star, The Sun.

Everything I'm Going To Present To You Was Not In My Textbooks When I Went To School ... Not Even In My College Textbooks. I'm A Geophysicist, And [in] All My Earth Science Books When I Was A Student - I Had To Give The Wrong Answer To Get An A.

I Would Not Let An Adult Drive My Robot. You Don't Have Enough Gaming Experience. But I Will Let A Kid With No License Take Control Of My Vehicle System.

I Mean, Technology Is Amoral. It Has No Morality.

Well, When I Was A Kid, I Grew Up In San Diego Next To The Ocean. The Ocean Was My Friend - My Best Friend.