What I love about GPS is that it’s so pervasive that maps have basically vanished overnight. And in 1000 years there will be no physical evidence of it.
The only thing future archaeologists would be able to tell is that one day, we stopped making maps, and suddenly we started listening to the stars.
What I love about GPS is that it’s so pervasive that maps have basically vanished overnight. And in 1000 years there will be no physical evidence of it.
The only thing future archaeologists would be able to tell is that one day, we stopped making maps, and suddenly we started listening to the stars.
Anyone reading this should pick up a road atlas and stick it in your car
You will probably never need it… Probably.
We wait for them to align just right.
Gps satellites are in geostationary orbit so they won’t deorbit for thousands of years.
You’re right, they’ll just become deities because their motion is regular and visible.
Then when they do de-orbit, a great schism will occur and the resulting wars will end in the re-industrialization of society and they’ll be replaced
Don’t worry Boeing and Elon will take care of that
We got another candidate for the “beautiful sentence you’d think comes from a fancy book, but it’s actually just an internet comment” collection