Legacy
As the first true oceanographic cruise, the Challenger expedition laid the groundwork for an entire academic and research discipline.
The name of the Challenger was applied to such varied phenomena as the Challenger Deep, the Challenger Society for Marine Science, and the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)