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Topic: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System

Eager_Igraine Posts: 20,126 Registered: Nov 21, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 19,548 User ID: 740,268	Subject: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17557581 posted: German scientists are developing a technique that allows for very precise positioning anywhere in space by picking up X-ray signals from pulsars. These dense, burnt-out stars rotate rapidly, sweeping their emission across the cosmos at rates that are so stable they rival atomic clock performance. This timing property is perfect for interstellar navigation, says the team. If a spacecraft carried the means to detect the pulses, it could compare their arrival times with those predicted at a reference location. This would enable the craft to determine its position to an accuracy of just five kilometres anywhere in the galaxy. "The principle is so simple that it will definitely have applications," said Prof Werner Becker from the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching. "These pulsars are everywhere in the Universe and their flashing is so predictable that it makes such an approach really straightforward," he told BBC News. -----signature----- I radiate more heat than light. I know what you're trying to do but you're just sailing another failboat over the falls. - imaloon1
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NuEM Posts: 15,394 Registered: Mar 2, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,662 User ID: 900,449	Subject: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System
	That sounds really useful. -----signature----- It's time we became European: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzdZ1i8YM8 The Federalist's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz70fFZHEhw
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__Bonk__ Posts: 53,947 Registered: Jul 25, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 53,339 User ID: 1,364,654	Subject: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System
	-----signature----- I keep my eyes fixed on the sun! A change in feeling is a change in destiny.
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bstulic Posts: 17,106 Registered: Jul 26, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 14,844 User ID: 700,812	Subject: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System
	We're doomed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshPn6uF-tU -----signature----- http://gimpchimp.etilader.com/display.php?user=segro http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=killinguj9.gif http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRzZuVqyAQI
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NuEM Posts: 15,394 Registered: Mar 2, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,662 User ID: 900,449	Subject: Coming Soon, Garmin's Interstellar GPS System
	bstulic posted: We're doomed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshPn6uF-tU OMG -----signature----- It's time we became European: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzdZ1i8YM8 The Federalist's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz70fFZHEhw
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