Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.www.fcc.govexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down18
arrow-up1200arrow-down1external-linkFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.www.fcc.govTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago it doesn’t work once you leave the atmosphere. Fun fact: just this past week an experiment on a lunar lander confirmed that GPS signals can be detected from the surface of the moon. I don’t know if those signals can give any kind of location precision, but it is an interesting finding.
Fun fact: just this past week an experiment on a lunar lander confirmed that GPS signals can be detected from the surface of the moon. I don’t know if those signals can give any kind of location precision, but it is an interesting finding.