repsol rave

The problem with looking at scientific research and advancements as a form of "exploration" is that it is only for the elite of mind. Not everyone (very few, really) have what it takes to be a scientist. And it's not because people are rock stupid, it's more because the thought of sitting at a desk looking at electron microscope readings for hours on end doesn't appeal to most folks. Think back to the olden times, on the other hand, when our world still had plenty of unexp...

*lored regions - any layman with a few basic resources could venture out in search of the unknown. Now that practically everything on this planet is known (with the exception of a few new but completely ineffectual species of bacteria and other small lifeforms), little else remains here for the layman to explore. It's all in the hands of those who've got the patience to handle scientific research, while the rest of us are more or less doomed to grow complacent in the mundaneness of th...

I agree with Aquila, I think our new frontier is space. But we need to look at the largest of things and the smallest of things at the same time. If we need to go somewhere far away we first need to develop better engines and I think that's gonna happen with small particles. Maybe something with antimatter. It isn't like humanity's exploration is over. We are now just in an age where we don't explore that much just like the middle ages. Nothing really new was discovered until...