In Issues, a long - time observer of science and society has also cited an even broader need to pay more attention to the oceans and their various functions, calling for the U.S. government to create a dedicated agency «to
bolster ocean research and exploration the way that President Kennedy and NASA once led space research and «captured» the Moon.»
In addition to
bolstering the case for a habitable
ocean on Europa, Johnson says, the
research also suggests a new place in the solar system to study a process that's played a crucial role in the evolution of our own planet.