China Joins EU in Galileo Satellite Venture

CHaN_316 writes "Yahoo has posted a story that says China to Participate in Galileo Satellite Program. 'The agreement provides for cooperation in satellite navigation, technology, industrial manufacturing, market development, frequency and certification'. This is definitely a good boost to the satellite program since it injects fresh cash into the project. There are probably strategic reasons for joining this network since it's an alternative to the American controlled GPS system. Here's more information about Galileo." China is also moving quickly toward getting a man in space.

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Mars rouge

[Doc Ruby]

Joke all you want about "Garireo", it looks like we'll need to speak French and read Chinese to travel to the Mars colony - how's your accent? Too bad we'll be working off our $10T debt by policing the mess down here with our 21C Army of One.

Re:US vs. Them

[DAldredge]

I have to ask, why do you think China (of all places) is better than the USA?

Re:Leave the flags out of it

[isa-kuruption]

U.S. citizens should realize that saying the US has a right to do whatever it wants is not compatible with saying other nations have no right to distrust the US - or to do things in their self-interest.

The U.S. citizens *do* realize it's the same thing. Remember, the U.S. is the starting point of democracy, and recognizes the view points of people differ and allows them to freely express those view points.

But another thing is, we don't CARE what other people think of us... which is another reason why *some* foreigners, particularly in Europe, do not like us even more. if we cow-towwed to their crap, we'd be the weak little brother of the great European Socialism and not visa versa (which it has been since WWII).

My point, however, is that it is human nation to distrust... and human nature to not be trustworthy. So to think that anyone is always going to trust everything is just foolish.

Cruise missle technology?

[Thinkit3]

The US is pathetic. Using hexadecimal all the way through, a much better missle could be created by a smaller team. Decimal is dragging everything down.