Re: GPS + Pulsars + an apology/rebuttal

Quoting Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net>:

> On 25-Feb-02 at 09:01, katie@fysh.org (katie@fysh.org) wrote:
> > Quoting Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net>:
> > 
> > > Who is going to put in beacons that will only be good
> > > after the signal gets across some large number of
> > > (light) years?
> > 
> > Erm. Us?
> > 
> > We have sent out messages that are unlikely to be read inside the
> next
> > 50,000  years. Sometimes people can be long-term about things...
> 
> That was a short term relatively inexpensive publicity stunt.  The
> costs to put out something that will have enough power to be a 
> "space GPS" in normal space requires a huge investment that will 
> come into affect after the builders and politicians have retired.

I dunno. I've met a few humans. At the point where we /can/ put out
stellar 
energies, I'm inclined to think someone will.

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