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I think we've been had (startrek.website)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 26 points 8 months ago (7 children)

GPS can be jammed, try jamming stars.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Who would win:

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Urban areas with huge light pollution: "and I took that personally"

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 17 points 8 months ago

Land navies hate this.

[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Light polution, checkmate astronomer

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Amazon and Musk are working on it.

[–] bunnyknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Now I wonder if we could launch satellites as artificial stars for celestial navigation. Basically optical GPS.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 8 months ago

Starlink: hold my Xitter handle

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

Actually, don't. The pollution would kill us all.

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

"That's no moon."