Reply to post: Re: And we wonder why people want to exit the EU

One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going dark

Simon Harris

Re: And we wonder why people want to exit the EU

Britain's answer to GPS will be sending Phileas Fogg up in a balloon with a compass and a megaphone to tell you where you are.

(seriously though, I haven't forgotten Decca, which served quite well from the 1940s until satellite GPS took over).

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