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Matt Revington

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Celestial navigation is not dead
« on: 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
« Reply #1 on: 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.

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Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 EC
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