Am 26.05.2010 13:41, schrieb Maarten Deen: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 20:53:38 +1000, John Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: >> The United States is about to give the now nearly ubiquitous Global >> Positioning System an $8 billion overhaul. The improvements, which >> involve replacing each of the 24 aging GPS satellites, are estimated >> to take over a decade to complete, and will see the triangulation >> margin of error decrease from 20 feet to around 3 feet. [...] > Oh, and so good to hear that we are wast^H^H^H^Hspending € 3,4b (and more) > on Galileo while GPS gets an upgrade to do exactly the same thing. Just > repeat after me: there is no crisis, there is no crisis, there is no > crisis.
Ye, I'm late, bit do you really think the US would be upgrading (instead of just keeping the proven quality) if there wasn't Galileo as a competitor? And compared to the Bank Bailout 3.4b is nothing. Compared to the 8b of the USA, it's still cheap. And yes, the Independence is necessary in my view. SA anyone? -- Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie Bremen - 53.0901°N 8.7868°E
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