Re: The Cost of Relativity

From: Dirk Van de moortel (dirkvandemoortel_at_ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:51:21 +0200

"Tom Potter" <tdp@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:2lkrd5Fe33p1U2@uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Gregory L. Hansen" <glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
> news:cd1adv$gof$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu...

[snip]

> > A bunch of satellites updated once per day from ground stations. Without
> > the relativistic consideration, the error would drift by about a
> > kilometer per day between corrections.
>
> As I explained in a lengthy, explicit post
> on the GPS system several months ago,

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Dirk Vdm

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