saying what? on the dark side of the moon. when you are talking about finding debris on the surface of the ocean. if you are looking for debris on the bottom of the ocean is it like the dark side of the move. we don t know much about the abyssal oceans. noaa maintains a system of data buoys around the world in the oceans that provide realtime data about the oceans. and unfortunately that part of the ocean is one of the worst covered areas about providing conditions. stick around. when we come back we ll get more of your questions, everything from black boxes to how how much this search is costing. that s next. looks like you started to make something.
debris on the surface of the ocean. if you re trying to find debris on the bottom of the abyssal oceans that haystack is on the dark side of the moon. it s a deliberate analogy because we don t know that much about most of the abyssal oceans. it s equivalent to what we know about the dark side of the moon. noaa, national oceans and atmospheric administration, maintains a system of buoys around the world in the oceans that provide realtime data about what s going on in the oceans. and unfortunately that part of the southern indian ocean is one of the worst-covered areas in terms of providing realtime data about ocean conditions. and it s very poorly surveyed on the bottom. and it s a tremendously difficult place to look for anything. alastair and everyone else, stick around because when we come right back we re going to get more of your questions. everything from black boxes to how much this search is costing. that s next. [ male announcer ] we all think about life insurance.