Re: Space Nav

> > Snip - bearing in mind that the "Dither Factor" was lifted in march
2000 -
> > most current civilian GPS units were able to defeat the protocols by
> > "positional averaging" and to a more limited method - DGPS beacons -
> > couldn't space nav assume similar "advances" by suitably motivated
people?
> >
> > Brendan
> >
> Using timed pulses from fixed known points to determin your position.
Am I
> talking about pulsars or GPS? I could see spaceships using pulsars as
a
> stellar GPS system being able to locate their position faster and more
> acuratly that even a GPS system (after all, pulsars are used to
calibrate
> atomic clocks).

Actually, the parenthetical statement is not correct. Otherwise,
yeah, pulsars will very likely be the primary means starships
use to positionally locate themselves between jumps.