Some of them might be....... you could certainly speculate that any culture that has attained sufficient technology to make interstellar travel possible (and need navigation beacons) would probably have sufficient power to 'engineer' the occasional neutron star into the correct configuration. Of course, if 'your' local star happens to be the one they need.......... you just have to hope they are not Vogons :-)
regards, Paul g8gja -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Max Robinson Sent: 26 September 2013 08:23 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos I remember when pulsars were first discovered one speculation was that they were interstellar navigation beacons established by intelligent life forms. Regards. Max. K 4 O DS. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Woodworking site http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/funwithtubes/Woodworking/wwindex.html Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the fun with wood group send a blank email to funwithwood-subscr...@yahoogroups.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <t...@skybase.net> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:38 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos > Hi all, > > With all the recent talk of clocks etc in spacecraft I though you guys > might like this... > > http://www.csiro.au/en/Portals/Media/Pulsars-make-a-GPS-for-the-cosmos.aspx > > regards > > Tim > > -- > VK2XAX :: QF56if23 :: BMARC :: WIA > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
