Galileo - Europe's GPS system

[TheARMAProductions]

lolz at the angry Yankies here :0

[etbadaboum]

Galileo is equiped with lasers to destroy GPS and GLONASS and Beidou. Sorry folks :)

[stap0510]

Europhiles like to talk about how the EU is about coorporation between nations.

BUT....just by looking at the comments here alone you see that is really about rivalry against other super powers to make the EU a super state.

A nice bureaucratic top-down organisation with a low democratic level that is mostly about spending other peoples money.

Nationalism elevated to european level. Us against them, that's what show here.

[TheARMAProductions]

@stap0510 I'm pro Euro/West in general but your comment is correct. Too many Euro's insisting we have to compete with the USA when we are all part of the same capitalist block. Europe has every right to have it's own GPS system though. Obviously it suits America for Europe to have to rely on their GPS system but we are not stupid at the end of the day :)

As for a natonalism/super state...we have no choice if we want to compete with the likes of China in the next 50 years I'm afraid.

[etbadaboum]

Galileo is about independency but over all about cost reductions, estimated around 90 billions euros. Independecy and efficiency in short.

[ML678v]

When can we buy this???I am sick of using American GPS!!!

[coolcan81]

I like to geo cache, I got my handheld from gpssatnavreviews (.) com

[GelandnaleG]

3:29pm Friday (CDT) - Time in M

[95predator]

well most sattelites are build of german OHB, and although I like the french even more than the americain or british or italian, germany isnt anti US americain just because of some youtube posers who make you feel that!

[Antarktida1337]

Freedom? thats stupid

Independence? Yes, sure, coz usa can turn GPS off anytime....

[CHRISTOKONI]

@Antarktida1337

exactly Americans can't turn off Galileo's frequency

[JuanPabloCuervo]

its not freedom, independence, or revolution.

its EVOLUTION to a more accurate & expensive clock system.

[MRgermany1997]

afi shafi lafi hihafi

[EUROSUN1]

Launch contracts for the first 4 satellites have been signed last week. Now nothing can stop Galileo. Independence for Europe FTW!!!

[95predator]

yes you dream of an Europe attacking US.

I hate disney, but if you attack US - without germany and UK, poland and sweden!

[stap0510]

@EUROSUN1

And having said that you show it's true purpose.

Galileo is not to complement the current GPS constellation, like many europhiles like to say, but as a direct competitor.

European newspeak, you gotta love it.

[jessemoore]

Interesting he doesn't mention Surrey Satellite Technology (who build Giove-A) when talking about the prime contractors.

[EuroTrashBash]

You stupid-ass eurotrash retards.. Your pathetic system has 30 satellites and we already have 31 up there, with new platforms and software on the way, that will be better than your new system of Gallicrapo.

You are inferior twats that wouldn't know what to do with space technology.

GPS capability is MUCH better than anything you have and our military band is much more accurate than the civilian band. Most people will use it for cars and will see no difference, you losers.

[Ben5021]

Holy shit, get some education .. the Galileo system WILL be 10 times more precise than the 20 years old GPS.

And it will have also a military band .. and much more.

[USAAIRPOWER]

@Ben5021

No it won't. Galileo will rival US GPS Block III, RUSSIAN GLONASS-M, & CHINESE COMPASS aka Beidou-2.

[jessemoore]

You clearly haven't got a clue what your talking about, I on the other hand work for the Company who built the 1st Galileo satellite (Giove-A). If you simply read up on the fundamental differences between GPS & Galileo and wern't so biest. you wouldn't have posted such a dum ass comment.

[Roopa132]

You are so pathetic why don't you just die

[Dutchdrummer99]

haha..Well...scientist want to build things with good intention...who knows what services will be developed...it certainly has massive potential for fantastic applications. But perhaps some companies will take advantage..Or perhaps parents who are so hyper they want to check there children`s position 24/7...

Certainly no conspiracy of government if that`s what you mean...GPS is a US military system...We need our own sytem for europe. So no control; only the opposite; Freedom from the US GPS.

[2000jago]

"Freedom" - you make it sound like you are somehow being oppressed by using the US's GPS system, which they're no obligation to allow civilian access to in the first place.

I think "independence" would have been a better word. And no, I'm not American...

[2canines]

or he ment freedom for Europe to use GPS as we please.

US can shut down the there GPS at eny given time if thy want to. we are very dependent on the system today so freedom is a good description

[Dutchdrummer99]

Go europe..!

[goodsoninc]

New form of controlling life of the people?