Robert Jahn
Robert Jahn
Robert G. Jahn, Ph.D.is a retired American plasma physicist, Professor of Aerospace Science, and Dean of Engineering at Princeton University. Jahn was also a founder of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab, a parapsychology research program which ran from 1979 to 2007...
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You could compare them to volunteer firemen today. The locals knew how to handle a boat ? and they weren't afraid to launch one in a storm.
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Back 160 years ago, we didn't have global positioning systems and ship-to-shore radio.
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Within two years of the Minturn disaster, they had lifesaving stations every four or five miles along the coast. The Minturn was right on the cusp of the glory days of the clipper ship trade, so the government had to do something to protect foreign trade and the shipping lanes.