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Imagine taking a brand-new, homemade boat out on the open seas for the first time, only to find that the boat is not as seaworthy as you had hoped. Adrift at sea, with strong currents and darkness falling, how would anyone be able to locate and rescue you? It turns out that, thanks to weather satellites and a simple product called a SARSAT beacon, you’d have a fighting chance. Learn all about how weather satellites can save lives, and learn about a man who is in charge of using these satellites to organize such a rescue in this edition of Scijinks’ Wild Weather Jobs. scijinks.gov/sarsat.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:10:33 +0000

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