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Matt Revington
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Celestial navigation is not dead
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February 19, 2016, 02:21:27 PM »
The US Navy is making recruits learn celestial navigation techniques after dropping the requirement a decade ago, citing the need for redundancy in case hitech systems fail. Sounds like a familiar plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/17/why-naval-academy-students-are-learning-to-sail-by-the-stars-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade/
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Monty Fowler
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Re: Celestial navigation is not dead
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February 19, 2016, 02:24:45 PM »
For the same reason that they still keep paper charts - paper doesn't break, freeze, need to be rebooted, etc.
LTM,
Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 EC
Ex-TIGHAR member No. 2189 E C R SP, 1998-2016
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