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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1113670" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>No, we can't see every part of the world 24/7 either with geo-synchronous, or movable orbit satellites.</p><p>DoD and NSA have released the scans they do have of the area and there's nothing to indicate a debris field. The original search area NE of Kuala Lampur was trouble enough, about 36,000 sq miles. It's now been expanded to nearly 3x that area, about 1/2 the size of Texas. Considering that the human eye can only make out a human size object if that object is less than 2 1/2 miles away, it's easy to see why searchers are having difficulty searching such a large body of water and land. They can only observe a field of vision of about 6 1/4 sq miles at any given time, and that's from altitude low enough that it hasn't diminished that max eyesight range. I did lots of flying over water many years ago--it's really really easy to miss even an object as large as a big ship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1113670, member: 18945"] No, we can't see every part of the world 24/7 either with geo-synchronous, or movable orbit satellites. DoD and NSA have released the scans they do have of the area and there's nothing to indicate a debris field. The original search area NE of Kuala Lampur was trouble enough, about 36,000 sq miles. It's now been expanded to nearly 3x that area, about 1/2 the size of Texas. Considering that the human eye can only make out a human size object if that object is less than 2 1/2 miles away, it's easy to see why searchers are having difficulty searching such a large body of water and land. They can only observe a field of vision of about 6 1/4 sq miles at any given time, and that's from altitude low enough that it hasn't diminished that max eyesight range. I did lots of flying over water many years ago--it's really really easy to miss even an object as large as a big ship. [/QUOTE]
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