Comments on: Galileo: journey to where? http://mappinghacks.com/2007/12/01/galileo-journey-to-where/ by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson and Jo Walsh Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: government bidding http://mappinghacks.com/2007/12/01/galileo-journey-to-where/#comment-7128 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:58:22 +0000 http://mappinghacks.com/2007/12/01/galileo-journey-to-where/#comment-7128 <strong>government bidding...</strong> Six Apart started a working group in February 2006 to improve the Trackback protocol with the goal to eventually have it approved as... government bidding…

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]]> by: Schuyler http://mappinghacks.com/2007/12/01/galileo-journey-to-where/#comment-6111 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:49:31 +0000 http://mappinghacks.com/2007/12/01/galileo-journey-to-where/#comment-6111 Where was the Transport Select Committee when London was bidding on the Olympics? :) I think the answer to your final question is summarized in the committee's report. In projects of this size and scope, the pragmatic approach of collaboration winds up taking a back seat to national vanity, in much the same way that the Chinese are contemplating putting someone on the moon again. Given that only a few nation-states (or supernations) are as yet capable of fielding such a system, the only remaining practical reason to bother is, regrettably, to maintain the independence of one's military operations from the US government -- a motivation that Europe lacks but that China and Russia have in spades. Where was the Transport Select Committee when London was bidding on the Olympics? :)

I think the answer to your final question is summarized in the committee’s report. In projects of this size and scope, the pragmatic approach of collaboration winds up taking a back seat to national vanity, in much the same way that the Chinese are contemplating putting someone on the moon again. Given that only a few nation-states (or supernations) are as yet capable of fielding such a system, the only remaining practical reason to bother is, regrettably, to maintain the independence of one’s military operations from the US government — a motivation that Europe lacks but that China and Russia have in spades.

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