The Global Positioning System or GPS has become like weather imaging and Direct-to-Home TV – another space application that is pervasive in our lives and yet taken totally for granted. Most of the public now uses GPS routinely on cell phones […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some miscellaneous items I’ve had in my queue: I recently got the International Space Elevator Consortium‘s latest update in my email box : ISEC Newsletter – April.2014 The ISEC Space Elevator Conference will be held August 22-24 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. === […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Global satellite navigation has joined weather observation and communications via satellites as a space based service that is taken so totally for granted, most of the public don’t even know that space is involved. Satellite navigation will become increasingly robust […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Geocaching has become a popular “treasure hunt” activity around the world. Small stashes of miscellaneous items are hidden in containers in over 2.25 million spots around the globe and their locations archived at www.Geocaching.com. Participants use their GPS units to find […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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