Galileo at the trough of EU taxpayer money

[Kuciwalker]

Re: Do you realize that

Originally posted by pchang
by taking extra measurements and using orbital mechanics, one can correct for any manipulation of the gps signal?

I'm pretty sure that GPS was designed to be resistant to that sort of attack (the degraded signal is off by a constant amount, but only in a localized area and only for a short time).

[pchang]

Actually, that is not an attack

That method is too slow for an evolving battlefield, but just fine for navigating around fixed locations.

[Kuciwalker]

"attack" = "way to get around limitations imposed"

[pchang]

Exactly

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
"attack" = "way to get around limitations imposed"

The limitation imposed is to prevent people from using the system against you in battle. That still holds. The limitation was not supposed to prevent people from using the system at all (like plotting the location of non-moving objects or pre-planning routes from point A to point B).

[Dinner]

Dan, you're off more then a bit. The US system was entirely paid for with government money while the EU atleast tried to make it a public-private partnership. Which one is better? Why attack the EU while ignoring that the US system was 100% government owned and paid for?

I'm left with the only conclusions being that either you didn't know the US system was 100% government paid for or you're just enjoying a good troll of our EU posters. Either way it seems a good capitalist like yourself would prefer a public-private partnership to an all government solution like we have in the US.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Bet you this is a French driven project. They seem to like expensive boondogles if it promises the hope of rivaling the US.

My understanding is that the EU wanted to be able to us it's smart weapons and navigation systems without having to ask the US for permission to use their system. Makes sense really.

[DinoDoc]

He likely has the same opinion as pchang of Europe's attempt at penis enlargement.

[Dinner]

Re: Remind me again

Originally posted by pchang
why people want another system for gps when the current one works, is stable, and is free?

Because technically the US can turn it on or off or ****** the signal any time it wants to. The EU basically wants a system which someone else doesn't control. In any event it will be nice to have duplicate systems which can work together in case any satellites get damaged in a future war.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Is GPS signalling prioritized? Who's to say we can use it in the next war?

Who's to say everyone will always be able to use it for free in the future?

Prioritized? The satellites simply are stationed at a known location in space and give off a continuous frequency transition. The GPS receiver simply locates two different satellites and then triangulates it's position. The Two satellites are the two known positions and your's is the third unknown position. It's just a triangle and simple trig.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Makes sense really.

You'd think so however it seems the project to declare independence from the US isn't working and is turning into a money pit and an emberassment.

[Dauphin]

SCRAP THE CAP.

It could pay for 10 of these.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Dauphin
SCRAP THE CAP.

It could pay for 10 of these.

Will your French masters allow for that?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Dauphin
SCRAP THE CAP.

It could pay for 10 of these.

Probably a lot more then 10.

[BeBMan]

It could be worse, we could waste our money in a civil war in the ME

[Dinner]

Originally posted by BeBro
It could be worse, we could waste our money in a civil war in the ME

As of last month we've wasted half a trillion dollars on Iraq. That's enough to buy 250 of these systems. If Dan feels the EU's GPS system is a money pit then how does he feel about Iraq?