
Navigation: Exploring Disruption
Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson
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The Fall of a Korean Airlines Flight
In the early 19 eighties, g p s was still locked up as a tool exclusively for the military. That is until a major international political dent changed everything. Two weeks after the downing of korean airlines flight le o seven, president regan issued a directive to declassified and make freely available for civilian use. In California, venture capitalist ed tuck saw the commercial benefit in putting this technology in the hands of consumers. Nothing like this had ever been successfully attempted before. The plan was working well until january 20 eighth, 19 86. We have a report from te flight dynamic eit vehicle and exploded 73 seconds into its flight. Seven crew members died, and the shuttle programme
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