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EU Presses Ahead With Galileo GPS System

Posted by timothy on from the directional-directive dept.

philkerr writes "The BBC is reporting that European transport ministers have agreed to the 2008 deployment of the European controlled GPS system. Costing 2.1 billion euros and creating 150,000 jobs. Is this just a pork-barrel project, or something Europe really needs to break the reliance on U.S. space technology? This was discussed on Slashdot in June when the U.S. and EU reached an agreement on its deployment."

3 of 520 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Competition or Redundancy? by liangzai · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    but how many do we really need?

    Ein Land, ein Volk, ein Führer, eine GPS Systeme.

  2. 10 percent unemployment in the EU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The EU is going broke and this will just speed it up, socialist Russia played this game with the USA and lost, The socolist EU will lose also trying to keep up with American technology.

  3. Re:would USA rely on French, or Estonian GPS syste by pcx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We've owned space for nearly half a century now and have the flags to prove it :)

    http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/Shared/News2001/Moo nL anding/flag.jpg