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Ken,
I think this is a very good idea.
At the age of 14, I became excited with Cel Nav, learned what I could
from the books, including trigonometry,
and as a result later became a mathematician.

So in some sense this determined my profession, and I never regretted.

Alex.
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From: NavList@fer3.com [NavList@fer3.com] on behalf of Ken Gebhart [NoReply_Gebhart@fer3.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 6:36 PM
To: eremenko@math.purdue.edu
Subject: [NavList] Re: Status of Celestial Nav in 2015

Maybe this is a little aside the question, but at Celestaire we have
always had two projects in mind, and canvassed many people who have
agree with the ideas. 1. To institute a celestial navigation merit
badge for the boy scouts (or sea scouts) and I guess for PC I should
add girl scouts.  They already have a Pathfinding badge, and an
Astronomy badge.  This adds the two together with a little math.  The
point here is that everyone I have ever talked to thought it was a
good idea. We even got Davis Instruments to promise to produce a
special BSA Mark 3 version. 2.  Having talked to many vendors and
retailers in the Outdoor Industry, I had high agreement that a Louis
& Clark kit would be a good seller, and better yet bolster outdoor
activities because it gives one one more thing to do while hiking.
Unfortunately time has marched on and left these projects undone, and
I am getting too old to take on extra work. If anyone wants to try
these things Celestaire would be happy to assist.
Ken
On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote:

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> You would add this to the the question or this is a part of an answer?
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