60 Minutes tonight: Robert Ballard. Wow!

[Stinky The Clown]

One hell of a show, focusing on his undersea explorations.

[romantico]

1. I

I was glued to my TV set. Lara Logan looked just as amazed as we were.

[me b zola]

2. Thanks for the heads up

I'll watch when it airs out here.

[tonysam]

3. I'll have to catch this one when it is uploaded on the internet on the 60 Minutes site. n/t

[annabanana]

4. I LOVE this stuff. .

If I were starting over, I'd gird my loins, do the math & science and join his crew...(or one like it)

[Neurotica]

5. A worthwhile place to visit - the Ballard Institute at the Mystic Aquarium in CT

We spent a day there on our way home from vacation last summer. The aquarium itself was wonderful and the Institute was fascinating. Kudos to Ballard for all of his fine work. (The 60 Minutes segment was a great tribute!)

[Fuzz]

6. That's a life well lived.

[applegrove]

7. Who doesn't love the idea of sunken treasure (even if it is of a historical nature only).

[Blue_Tires]

8. awesome story

just by coincidence, i was reading about the wreck of the Bismarck right when 60 minutes started...

I had a chance to meet Ballard once...great man...

[AllentownJake]

9. We used to go to Lehigh University and interact with a live video feed

with him when I was in the gifted program in Elementary school. I remember one year was the Galapagos Islands and the other year was two ship wrecks from the war of 1812 in Lake Michigan.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. NatGeo channel aired three stories about Ballard last week.

Pretty sure they're repeats, but I thought the timing was interesting.

[Ishka Kibble]

11. Hell of a showman, Bob Ballard.

I had the great fun and luck to work with him one summer, his last at Woods Hole. The best fun was watching the academicians and scientists there - not the most socially gifted bunch - turn green/yellow/chartreuse every time Ballard appeared anywhere. God, they were so jealous, they couldn't even disguise it. He was amused by it, but it eventually forced him out of that place, which is nothing but an extension of the CIA and the NSA.

He does great things, and he hires great people, and he knows exactly how to publicize his efforts. All in all, a terrific showman, but a hell of a nice man, too.