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UK to "reset" sat nav plans after scrapping work on £5bn Galileo rival

Some officials are believed to have pushed for the Government to examine a return to the European Galileo project  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/09/19/uk-reset-sat-nav-plans-scrapping-work-5bn-galileo-rival/?WT.mc_id=tmgliveapp_iosshare_Av6xVGRyn6V1Return to the European Galileo project?  Is that possible with looming Brexit?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2239d7 Comments

“He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again.”Probably had blond hair.Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2239d

It looks like OneWeb's financial problems also are requiring reorganisation of its launch schedule, I assume the government looked into that during its due diligence prior to its deal?https://spacenews.com/arianespaces-revised-oneweb-contract-drops-ariane-6-two-soyuz-launches/On detailed analysis it appears the system isn't suitable for conversion to one for navigation but doing worry, it's only ore taxpayers' money:https://spacenews.com/arianespaces-revised-oneweb-contract-drops-ariane-6-two-soyuz-launches/I expect the EU will happily let us rejoin the military grade part of the Galileo system provide the UK also rejoins the EU, or EEA. Johnson just needs to get his deal out of the oven or it will be in edible, what's he waiting for?

Michael Ixer ● 2239d

It does look more and more like part of the serial government incompetence ...https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489214/UK-Parliamentary-committee-casts-doubt-on-value-of-OneWeb-satellite-project

Michael Ixer ● 2238d

Thank you Michael,A depressing read!  Is it government incompetence?  I think it is worse than that.  I have said unforgivable so many times, I wonder if I could now use unforgivable government?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2238d

And satire and reality are blurring together ...https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/is-your-bullshit-no-longer-working-20200511196331

Michael Ixer ● 2238d

So, if I can sum things up,* May’s plans for a British version of the Galileo GPS navigation system have been junked, wasting £92 million (the Daily Telegraph);* The government then invested £400 million in buying a chunk of the bankrupt OneWeb company (the BBC and many other news outlets); * The investment in OneWeb was made against the advice of government advisers  (Computer Weekly); * This great idea (lol) was evidently all the plan of would-be genius Dominic Cummings (the FT); and* The company's attempt to build a GPS navigating system was called into question by experts consulted by the parliamentary Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (Computer Weekly again).It would be hard to find a worse example of a self-inflicted mess

Richard Carter ● 2238d

Beyond unforgivable!!!  Grrrrrr

Ivonne Holliday ● 2238d