Robert D. Ballard

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Robert D. Ballard


Born
in Wichita, Kansas
June 30, 1942

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Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is a former commander in the United States Navy and an oceanographer who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. Most recently he discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2003 and visited the Solomon Islander natives who saved its crew. Ballard is also great-grandson of American Old West lawman Bat Masterson.

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The Discovery of the Titanic

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Into the Deep: A Memoir fro...

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Exploring the Titanic: How ...

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Finding the Titanic

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Return to Titanic

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Lost Liners: From the Titan...

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The Discovery of the Bismarck

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Exploring the Lusitania: Pr...

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Ghost Liners: Exploring the...

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“From "The Book That Changed My Life":

-"But your journey is never over until you return from it to share with society what you have learned." ~ Robert Ballard

-"We never anticipate being changed by what we read. Such an experience cannot be planned for." ~ Brother Christopher



Robert Ballard

“Cronkite was a lovely guy, like a father to us. You could see why he’d become the most trusted man in America. He loved science and had covered most of America’s space launches. He’d also gone down in Alvin with me to see hydrothermal vents. He and Spike were as enthusiastic about my quest for Titanic as John was. Early on, we’d dubbed our little group—far too cavalierly—the “Top-
Secret Committee to Re-Arrange the Deck Chairs on the Titanic.” I’d promised to give them progress reports.”
Robert D. Ballard, Into the Deep: A Memoir from the Man Who Found the Titanic

“Either we would find her plane, or we would rule out the Nikumaroro hypothesis. That is what science is all about: testing hypotheses and ruling out the ones that don’t stand up to scrutiny.”
Robert D. Ballard, Into the Deep: A Memoir from the Man Who Found the Titanic



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