The latest news per The Telegraph is that:
'Galileo, conceived as Europe’s answer to the US Global Positioning System, has been beset by delays, cost overruns and funding disputes ever since it was dreamed up a decade ago. 'Is there anything the EU does well? Apart from feather its officials and politicians' nests, that is.
Meanwhile I note that The Register reports the "No shit Sherlock" news that:
'the CEO of a German firm building satellites for the Galileo satnav project has been fired for apparently telling US diplomats that Galileo is a waste of taxpayers money and primarily useful to the French military.Hard to believe isn't it? The Register article also gives a very good background on the Galileo project.
Norwegian paper Aftenposten, trawling through the endless piles of cables, reported last Thursday that Berry Smutny – CEO of German space firm OHB-System – supposedly told American diplomats in 2009 that in his view "Galileo is a stupid idea that primarily serves French interests" – particularly French military interests.'
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"Berry Smutny" ? What kind of a name is that ?
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