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What Black Box Data Will Tell Us about the AirAsia Crash
One of the "black boxes," the flight data recorder, keeps track of hundreds of measurements, including engine temperature and vertical and horizontal speed
One of the "black boxes," the flight data recorder, keeps track of hundreds of measurements, including engine temperature and vertical and horizontal speed
Changes measured by the Swarm satellite show that our magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster than originally predicted, especially over the Western Hemisphere
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