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post Nov 25 2007, 06:21 AM
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It is said that this will rival the US's, GPS system.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071123/sc_nm/...ruK7uWK_sgPLBIF


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post Nov 25 2007, 07:20 AM
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Another nice find but this one im more skeptic of - $3.55billion on something already put in space i cant think of a better way to spend it.
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post Nov 25 2007, 10:53 AM
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Yes, the Galileo constellation is a mystery: what is its purpose? How is the existent GPS deficient? Or more importantly, how is it deficient enough to justify the expenditure of the Galileo program?
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post Nov 28 2007, 10:41 AM
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Well the US is planning a huge upgrade of the GPS that will trump EUs project.

Here is a link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071127/ts_al...zWcooeC.CcPLBIF


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