The Nekton ocean research mission is scheduled to set sail the first week of March.

Nekton海洋探索科学船预计在三月的第一个星期启航。

Exxon fitted out one of its largest supertankers with custom-made instruments to do ocean research.

埃克森公司在其最大的一艘超级油轮上安装了定制的仪器来进行海洋研究。

But supporters of ocean research are developing new keys to unlock the secrets of the sea.

但是支持海洋研究的人们正在开发解开海洋秘密的技术。

Margaret Leinen is the director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, an ocean research center in San Diego, California.

玛格丽特·莱宁是加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥的斯克里普斯海洋研究所所长。

Now, using machines to help with deep ocean research isn’t new - but they tend to be big and box-shaped - perhaps hard for a human controller to identify with.

现在，使用机器来帮助进行深海研究并不新鲜——但它们往往很大且呈盒子状——人类控制者可能很难识别。

Ocean research facilities have been built underwater before, but we reported on how it would likely cost more to build a deep ocean research station than it would to put a facility on the moon.

此前也曾在水下建造过海洋研究设施，但我们报道过，建造一个深海研究站的成本可能比在月球上建造一个设施的成本更高。