Earth's Black Box

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Every commercial flight you have ever taken has been recorded. 

Every tug on the yoke and every adjustment of the throttle has been dutifully logged by a little recording device tucked away in the tail of the aircraft. 

It's the infamous "black box" that search and rescue crews scan the crash site for any time an aviation incident occurs. 

Its observations are a clear account of how the whole thing went down.

Next year, our planet will get one of these disaster recorders as well.

Called Earth's Black Box, the project is meant to painstakingly record every step on the way to our planet's demise.  READ MORE...