Re: [time-nuts] GPS on Science Friday, Marconi Prize

2016-05-22 Thread Bert Kehren via time-nuts
Col. /Professor Parkinson definitely deserves the prize, pushing GPS was not the best career move but he had a vision and we have to thank him for his commitment. Attached a picture of one of his visit with his boss at TI. A peace of trivia because of my security clearance I had to brief the

[time-nuts] GPS on Science Friday, Marconi Prize

2016-05-21 Thread Hal Murray
How GPS Found Its Way 08:36 minutes, Brad Parkinson http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-gps-found-its-way/ Marconi prize Stanford Professor Bradford Parkinson, Father of GPS, to Receive the 2016 Marconi Prize