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Re: New inovation in astro navigation?
From: Greg R_
Date: 2010 Aug 3, 12:55 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2010 Aug 3, 12:55 -0700
According to the article that Gary posted (and confirmed by other sources), the last solar maximum occurred in 2001. I wasn't using GPS at that time, but I don't recall hearing anything about massive outages back then. Still, this should reinforce the need to have a backup for any important system - especially one as critical as navigation. -- GregR On 8/3/2010 12:08:21 PM, Philip (philip.lange@albemarleweb.com) wrote: > Perhaps we could all turn on our > GPS's set them up to track and check > for anomalies over the next couple of days? > Philip > > On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:45 +0200, Gary LaPook wrote: > > Well this is perfect timing: > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/03/spectacular-northern-lights-signals-sun-waking/ > > > > gl > > > > -- > S/V ORYOKI > Currently lying in Beaufort NC > > "There's > no point in making a plan if > you're going to pretend to follow it!"
