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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."

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  1. Indigo Girls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Galileo Lyrics:

    Galileo's head was on the block
    The crime was looking up the truth
    And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
    I try to trace them to my youth

    And then you had to bring up reincarnation
    Over a couple of beers the other night
    And now I'm serving time for mistakes
    Made by another in another lifetime

    How long till my soul gets it right
    Can any human being ever reach that kind of light
    I call on the resting soul of Galileo
    King of night vision
    King of insight

    And then I think about my fear of motion
    Which I never could explain
    Some other fool across the ocean years ago
    Must have crashed his little airplane

    How long till my soul gets it right
    Can any human being ever reach that kind of light
    I call on the resting soul of Galileo
    King of night vision
    King of insight

    I'm not making a joke
    You know me
    I take everything so seriously
    If we wait for the time till all souls get it right
    Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
    In my lifetime I'm still not right

    I offer thanks to those before me
    That's all I've got to say
    'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
    Now I have to pay
    But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration
    To let the next life off the hook
    But she'll say, "Look what I had to overcome from my last life
    I think I'll write a book"

    How long till my soul gets it right
    Can any human being ever reach the highest light
    Except for Galileo god rest his soul
    (Except for the resting soul of Galileo)
    King of night vision
    King of insight
    How long
    (Til my soul gets it right)
    [Til we reach the highest light]
    How long
    (Til my soul gets it right)
    [Til we reach the highest light]
    How long

  2. asdfasdfasd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. This is Winston.. by TapeCutter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I have started a bussiness selling rat-cage face masks. I'm logging off for good now."

    --
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.