1999年初,国家科委为推动“九五”科学技术的发展,提出了“上天、入地、下海、登极”的八字方针,这八字方针刚一发布,我国探矿工程专业奠基人之一的刘广志院士就高瞻远瞩地指出“上天、入地、下海、登极”四大领域都要动用探矿工程来获取外星球、地球深处、海底洋底、冰川冰层冻土带的固体、流态、液态、气态的岩心、岩屑、冰心、冰晶等各类样品,从中提取出各种地质、生物、生态信息等。“ In early 1999, the State Science and Technology Commission proposed the eight-character principle of ”heaven, earth, sea, and Deng Chi“ in order to promote the development of science and technology in the ”Nine Five-Year Plan“. This eight-character principle was just released and the founder of China’s prospecting engineering specialty Academician Liu Guangzhi pointed out from a long-term point of view that the four major areas must use prospecting to obtain the solid content of the outer planet, the deep earth, the ocean floor and the glacial ice tundra in the four major areas: ”Heaven, Earth, Sea, and Dengue“ , Fluid, liquid, gaseous core, cuttings, Bing Xin, ice crystals and other samples, extracted from a variety of geological, biological, ecological information. ”