Hi Björn, I agree with the second comment also!!
Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Björn Gabrielsson Sent: 20 May 2007 08:51 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Galileo satellites to have passive hydrogen masers! In my view, using EU money to build the GALILEO system is a good idea! Using EU funds to subsidice(?) european agriculture is a MUCH worse idea! -- Björn On Sun, May 20, 2007 9:42, Rob Kimberley said: > I never understood how the PPP (Public Private Partnership) model was > ever going to work on Galileo. The recent "drop out" of private > funding proves my point. Unfortunately the EU (another white elephant > or whale!) will continue to pump taxpayers hard earned money into this > system to save face. > > Cheers > > Rob Kimberley > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp > Sent: 20 May 2007 04:54 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Galileo satellites to have passive hydrogen > masers! > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jason Rabel" > writes: > >>It's about a week old, but still interesting if you didn't come across >>the article yet (like me)... >> >>The Galileo satellites will have a pair of passive hydrogen masers and >>a pair of rubidium clocks in them... >> >>Ooo la la... ;) >> >>http://www.gpsdaily.com/reports/Hyper_Accurate_Clocks___The_Beating_He >>a >>rt_Of >>_Galileo_999.html > > ... provided somebody wants to foot the bill for Galileo in the first > place. > The "the users will be queueing up to pay for half of the cost through > fees" > model has just collapsed, and the EU will now have to decide if they > want to sink tax money into this particular white whale. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by > incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
