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| Instruments mounted on the Grumman/Piccard PX-15. The Ben Franklin |
The Atlantic Monthly posted this very interesting feature
concerning NASA’s other great mission of discovery, the forgotten mission of
the Ben Franklin to explore the Earth’s last great frontier – the ocean and the
mighty Gulf Stream.
"Timing is everything. In the
summer of 1969, within one day of each other, two courageous crews set out to
explore new frontiers. Both were NASA missions of pure discovery. One would go
to the Sea of Tranquility,
the other to the massive eastern boundary current known as the Gulf Stream. "
