“One of the things that we forget sometimes – you know, the fact I’m talking to
you now in real time and you are literally on the other side of the planet – and
we like to think we’re technologically sophisticated -- but once you get out
over the deep ocean, you realise just how big a planet this still is.”
- Former Aircrash Inspector and Professor of Safety Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Bill Waldock ,talking to Kathryn Ryan this morning on Radio NZ
[Listen in at ‘No sign of wreckage from the missing Malaysian airlines plane,’ at 12:35]
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Bonus Quote of the Day: On Our Hold on the Planet
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Yup, up til now I've assumed every square inch was under satellite surveillance.
ReplyDeleteAnd that the cold war was done with too.