In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting that, on the 200th anniversary of that expedition, the United States, together with international partners, should embark on another journey of exploration in a vastly more extensive region of remarkable potential for discovery. Although the oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet's surface, much of the ocean has been investigated in only a cursory sense, and many areas have not been investigated at all. Exploration of the Seas assesses the feasibility and potential value of implementing a major, coordinated, international program of ocean exploration and discovery. The study committee surveys national and international ocean programs and strategies for cooperation between governments, institutions, and ocean scientists and explorers, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in these activities. Based primarily on existing documents, the committee summarizes priority areas for ocean research and exploration and examines existing plans for advancing ocean exploration and knowledge.

Describes the epic voyage of a single ship and its crew toward the very heart of the galaxy.

It is the forty-first century. Falling prey to unimagined solar processes, the sun has exploded and destroyed the Earth. Thousands of survivors move outward into space aboard the Space Star Silver Streak. Thirteen years have passed as they search for habitable planets to colonize. Now, with the ship almost emptied, the mission nearly at an end, the most recently established colony signals distress. Something huge, ominous, mysterious, and inexplicable is wandering through the galaxy. Ten years ago Captain Richard Cameron resigned from command. Faced with a new and completely unexplained crisis, he returns to the bridge, reunites his old crew, and sets off on a voyage that may mean the end of his career or the salvation of civilization--or both! A voyage to the limits of knowledge, a voyage to the height of human potential... A voyage into the unknown!

With the Earth destroyed by a supernova, the Space Star Silver Streak moves outward into the heavens, a self-sustaining starship housing thousands, settling colonies on other planets . . . moving outward into the deepest, unknown reaches of space . . . In this volume, Captain Richard Cameron's old rival seeks to take over the ship, a dangerous lunatic takes over one of the colonies, the Silver Streak confronts a menacing machine civilization, and the ship stumbles into a sector of space where thoughts are transformed into reality. These are only a few of the mind-bending, shocking, and thought-provoking experiences in Volume One of Voyage Into the Unknown.

In the depths of space, on the twentieth anniversary of the supernova that destroyed the Earth, the Space Star Silver Streak comes across an ancient space probe containing the infamous warlord of World War III, Diana Krotus, who has been discovered by Captain Cameron's old enemy Joshua Caruso. When Krotus is revived, she turns out to be a more complex person than the supervillain of history. But Caruso still plots revenge against Cameron, and Krotus has her own reasons to take over the Silver Streak. The ensuing plot sows discord among the Silver Streak's command crew, sunders lifelong friendships, and pits the command section against the civilian section, as the distant past intrudes into the present.

The Space Star Silver Streak has been seized by the tyrannical Captain Edmonds, a power-hungry despot who has declared martial law and suspended the Congressional Council. All those who oppose him have been marooned on the barren planet Asturias II. But Captain Richard Cameron is back...and he's mad! With Frank Johnson, Jack Hasta, and Philippe Stargazer, Cameron sets sail aboard the Hyron Galactic Cruiser Odyssey to take back his ship! But the task is not easy. Edmonds has laid traps in his path. There are members of the crew loyal to Edmonds. And the Hyron commander Mordrax, still sworn to Cameron's destruction, trails the Odyssey with his formidable Hyron Dreadnought Invincible!

Admiral Mordrax, the Hyron commander whose bloodlust has pursued Richard Cameron and the Space Star Silver Streak across the galaxy for thirteen years, returns with an awesome new warship to finally destroy his old enemy! In this, the biggest, most awe-inspiring Voyage Into the Unknown adventure ever, the Silver Streak is brought to the brink of destruction! When the bridge is shattered, Richard Cameron, Frank Johnson, Jack Hasta, and Philippe Stargazer awaken...a thousand years later! Trapped aboard a battered remnant of the Silver Streak which is disintegrating around them, the old friends must work with their own descendants to try to find a way home--even if it means killing their daughters in the process!