dysynni squeezeboxers Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I hear that within a year or so the GPS satellites which are owned and operated by the American Air Force are expected to start breaking down through a lack of funding. So it's back to a compass and a paper map then! Quote Link to comment
+Stokesy Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 What about we all stick a tenner in? That should help :-) Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Phew, just canceled my order for an Oregon Quote Link to comment
+fat bloke Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 And we all died of swine flu last week Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 And if we don't paint our houses white and plant trees round it we'll all die from the heatwave this summer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8057528.stm So on balance losing the GPS satellites is really minor - unless they tumble out of orbit and land on our newly painted house! Chris (MrB) Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Not to worry - Galileo will be up and running by then. Perhaps... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Not to worry - Galileo will be up and running by then. ... and he's been dead for 400 years. Ahhhh - the wonders of modern science Quote Link to comment
+Matrix Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 So thats why the MP's have been outed for fiddling its a smoke screen so we dont worry to much about the lack of geocaching Quote Link to comment
+SUp3rFM & Cruella Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 The US Air Force explains the whole scenario: Air Force Responds to GPS Outage Concerns The sky isn't falling and neither is the Global Positioning System, the U.S. Air Force said during a Twitter news conference. "No, the GPS will not go down," tweeted Col. Dave Buckman of the Air Force's Space Command. "GAO points out, there is potential risk associated with a degradation in GPS performance." ... Read more at http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti...e_concerns.html Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 These "GPS to die" articles appear quite regularly. I suspect it's someone at Northrop Grumman or whoever makes the satellites, being a bit short on their sales quota for the current accounting period. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Or you could read this item where the USAF are improving the Sat coverage... Patrick AFB 24 March 09 Quote Link to comment
+Mustards Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Don't worry as Nostradamus has said that the world will end on 12 December 2012. On a serious side I don't think for one moment that the military will let the gps satelittes go down as they wouldn't be able use a lot of their equipment. Quote Link to comment
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