Having most of the members of an oceanographic science party on land has never been tried. The approach will provide an opportunity for a much larger number of researchers to explore the oceans.

We really think land use is a twin crisis with transportation here in Northern Virginia.

Future uses of the land are to be determined with further community input.

We're treated like the chief scientist on the ship that makes the decision about it. It's just that we're not there.

You are going to eliminate some choices you have now if you don't focus on land use.

The political Right is particularly vehement when it comes to compromise. Conservatives are now strongly swayed by the Tea Party movement, whose clarion call is a refusal to compromise regardless of the practical consequences.