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- TORONTO - NASA is developing
new technology that could prevent a lot of airline accidents by giving
commercial pilots a clear view of their situation via virtual reality.
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- The high-tech cockpit display would overcome poor visibility
when the real weather is bad.
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- NASA scientists hope to put the system into commercial
airlines within five years.
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- They plan to map 80 per cent of the world's surface in
an upcoming space shuttle mission.
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- The display would work like a detailed, three-dimensional
video game, showing mountains, runways and other landscape features the
plane approaches.
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- Researchers say it could dramatically cut the number
of aviation accidents caused by poor visibility.
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