> But, until recently, or perhaps still, we had more accurate maps of the surface of the moon than we had maps of the bottom of the oceans. I believe this is s

> But, until recently, or perhaps still, we had more accurate maps of the surface of the moon than we had maps of the bottom of the oceans. I believe this is still true. The search for the missing Malaysian airliner ended up producing way better maps of the seafloor in the search region than had ever been done before. That search region is a teeny tiny portion of the entire seafloor and it took years. https://eos.org/project-updates/geological-insights-from-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-search https://eos.org/project-updates/geological-insights-from-mal... Meanwhile the entire moon has been mapped down to 328 feet resolution: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2110.html https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2...