Friday, May 30, 2014

$30M simulator lets you take a spin on a mega container ship (audio)

NPR's Wade Goodwyn went to see what it would be like at the helm of a boat that's four football fields long. He went to a facility a half hour north of Washington, D.C., the Maritime Institute in Maryland, which sports the world's best and largest marine simulator, which cost approximately $30 million.

For more of the NPR story and to hear the interview: npr.org


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