wrote:
John Ordover claims that, "Exploration is only done for a profit
motive."

What planet is Mr. Ordover from, anyway? I must hail from some other
universe! All my life, I've enjoyed exploration for exploration's sake.
To explore appeals to my deep sense of wonder; no financial profit is
necessary (even if it can be nice).

OK, I'll bite. In all this exploration you did just for the love of it,
where have you been that no other human being has ever been within 100
miles? 10 miles? Even 1 mile?