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I am in awe. We can track objects in space like these - yet we failed to track down MH 370.
by chinathrow 10y ago
I am in awe.
We can track objects in space like these - yet we failed to track down MH 370.
- lawless123 10y agoBit harder to send radar through water than it is space.
- dublinben 10y agoObjects in stable orbits are pretty predictable. We were able to accurately track the locations of the other planets with pencil and paper hundreds of year ago.
- lodi 10y agoActually lunar orbits are considerably less predictable than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_of_the_Moon
- pjc50 10y agoI think that shows how big and empty that particular area of the Indian ocean is, far over the horizon from land-based radar sites.