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Galileo To Be Europe's Answer To US GPS

Posted by Soulskill on from the zombie-galileo-knows-how-to-get-to-grandma's-house dept.

judgecorp writes "Two Galileo satellites that will signify the start of the European Union's answer to the American Global Positioning System will be launched into orbit on Thursday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. It's using Soyuz because it is cheaper than the French Ariane — and the satellite system is supposed to free Europe from dependence on a U.S.-controlled positioning system."

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  1. Re:For such a vital system. by Reservoir+Penguin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I swear we need to reinstate the house of un-american activities, Slashdot is crawling with commies and socialist commie sympathizers. Your collectivism sickens me, surrender your hard earned money to make "life better for all"? Really?? How about "all" start earning their own income and stop stealing from my paycheck!

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  2. Re:For such a vital system. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Europe as a whole calmed down with the warmongering.

    That's because the Americans still occupy the continent. Remove all those bases, and it would be back to the same ol' same ol'.. See what happened to Yugoslavia? And the other client states of the former Soviet Union? Austria/Hungary would be on the warpath once again.. A new Napoleon would rise up. It is the American gun which presently suppressing all the old hatred.