Galileo Ahoy (GA)
by dutchclick / December 28th, 2005
Europe’s biggest space project has started.
A demonstration satellite for the Galileo project has succesfully been launched today. The project has been started to get a alternative GPS network into the sky.
The official US GPS-network is older and less accurate, but most of all Europe and some other countries don’t want to depend on the US military for their navigation signals. The Amies could turn it of, if they want to.
The system should be operational in 2010.
But: Nice Start!!
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December 28th, 2005 at 11:38
I am kindof worried though this will be in production when other ore more refined technologies are already here – so it might be obsolete….
December 28th, 2005 at 11:47
But there aren’t. And that other one is controlled by the military of a country where we have (at least little) doubts about the way they are trying to govern the world.
December 28th, 2005 at 17:28
Its good to be independant and have control of our own technology (our meaning anyone, not necesarrily EU). Many problems can potentially occur if we’re tied up in one way or another.