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Title: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 11:55:17
Will we 'be allowed' use of this technology post Brexit?
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: BazaJT on 24 June 2018, 12:11:37
Don't know.What is it?
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:20:28
The European version of GPS and Glonass.......only better.
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 24 June 2018, 12:26:57
The simple answer is that these projects need British money and expertise so they will form no part of Brexit :D ;)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: BazaJT on 24 June 2018, 12:27:17
GPS I've heard of although I usually know whereabouts I am :D ;D Glonass I've never heard of so it would seem I can manage without it ::)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:29:29
The simple answer is that these projects need British money and expertise so they will form no part of Brexit :D ;)

I think we have already contributed over 1 billion to Galileo, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:31:10
GPS I've heard of although I usually know whereabouts I am :D ;D Glonass I've never heard of so it would seem I can manage without it ::)

Soviet version of GPS........although it's not the USSR any more and Brezhnev is long dead.
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 24 June 2018, 12:34:29
The simple answer is that these projects need British money and expertise so they will form no part of Brexit :D ;)

I think we have already contributed over 1 billion to Galileo, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-*

Yep, and I have found this interesting pie chart on the ESA funding:
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Funding

Looks like the French contribute the most! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 24 June 2018, 12:36:59
GPS I've heard of although I usually know whereabouts I am :D ;D Glonass I've never heard of so it would seem I can manage without it ::)

Soviet version of GPS........although it's not the USSR any more and Brezhnev is long dead.

I don't know, but I think Rod's friend, Putin, would argue that one!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: BazaJT on 24 June 2018, 12:38:27
Brezhnev is dead??? I really must get a newer telly,although I hear the russkies how now launched a man into space......we'll be going to the moon next you mark my words :D :D ;D
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:38:55
The simple answer is that these projects need British money and expertise so they will form no part of Brexit :D ;)

I think we have already contributed over 1 billion to Galileo, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-*

Yep, and I have found this interesting pie chart on the ESA funding:
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Funding

Looks like the French contribute the most! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;)

It looks as though we are the 4th largest contributor after France, Germany and Italy.

I'm not sure how 'Europe' can stop us using it. Hmm. :-\
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:44:08
Brezhnev is dead??? I really must get a newer telly,although I hear the russkies how now launched a man into space......we'll be going to the moon next you mark my words :D :D ;D

I think 3 soviet leaders all died within a few weeks of each other if memory serves.

Brezhnev ( who held the reins for decades)  followed by Andropov and Chernenko had lasted about a week. ::)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: BazaJT on 24 June 2018, 12:48:52
Did they all drink from the same teapot? :D
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 12:56:06
Did they all drink from the same teapot? :D

'Gorby' was next in line who perhaps he had a hand in it...... ::) ::) ::) ;)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2018, 12:59:08
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 June 2018, 13:48:55
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

Ah......if only life was so simple. :y
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Rods2 on 24 June 2018, 13:55:39
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

IMO we won't be paying any divorce bill as the EU will not have even agreed to have any meaningful trade talks by March 2019. The French are the main sh*t stirrers on Galileo and if it ends up being adjudicated on in the International courts then so be it. Where GPS is by far the oldest system it is easily overlaid to give incorrect results like it does around critical Russian areas like The Kremlin and also easily jammed which is of a concern where so many NATO standoff weapons rely on the military version for a few metres or better CEP accuracy.

David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.

The biggest blow to Europe if they decide to play hardball are in finance where over £1tn of loans to European industry has been raised and are administered from London and our withdrawal from Europe's defence, intelligence and security systems. Although our defences have been eviscerated since 1991, so have most defence budgets in Europe many like Germany, Netherland, Italy & Spain, much more than ours and our forces still have reasonable engineering, logistic and transport unit unlike many European armies where these are always low hanging fruit ripe for cutting, if they even existed in the first place.

Putin has stated the worst day in his live, which happened while he was posed in East Germany, was the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He maybe trying to recreate it, from a position of massive economic weakness, but overall it is not going very well, with only wins in limited areas. His biggest single success has been getting his bitch in the White House, but he is a loose cannon and has limited authority compared to Putin's absolute rule, so success has been mixed but Mueller & the rule of law are gradually winning as more of Trump's crime gang are being indicted, have flipped in deals for reduced sentences or are in jail. Crimea and todate Syria have also be notable successes, but the Donbas must currently be classed as a failure.
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 24 June 2018, 14:11:21
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

IMO we won't be paying any divorce bill as the EU will not have even agreed to have any meaningful trade talks by March 2019. The French are the main sh*t stirrers on Galileo and if it ends up being adjudicated on in the International courts then so be it. Where GPS is by far the oldest system it is easily overlaid to give incorrect results like it does around critical Russian areas like The Kremlin and also easily jammed which is of a concern where so many NATO standoff weapons rely on the military version for a few metres or better CEP accuracy.

David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.

The biggest blow to Europe if they decide to play hardball are in finance where over £1tn of loans to European industry has been raised and are administered from London and our withdrawal from Europe's defence, intelligence and security systems. Although our defences have been eviscerated since 1991, so have most defence budgets in Europe many like Germany, Netherland, Italy & Spain, much more than ours and our forces still have reasonable engineering, logistic and transport unit unlike many European armies where these are always low hanging fruit ripe for cutting, if they even existed in the first place.

Putin has stated the worst day in his live, which happened while he was posed in East Germany, was the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He maybe trying to recreate it, from a position of massive economic weakness, but overall it is not going very well, with only wins in limited areas. His biggest single success has been getting his bitch in the White House, but he is a loose cannon and has limited authority compared to Putin's absolute rule, so success has been mixed but Mueller & the rule of law are gradually winning as more of Trump's crime gang are being indicted, have flipped in deals for reduced sentences or are in jail. Crimea and todate Syria have also be notable successes, but the Donbas must currently be classed as a failure.

Plus getting the World Cup to Russia with the greatest show of great PR since Hitler, and every England fan stating how lovely the Russian people are and even the BBC finding it hard to fault it all!  ;D

How can Putin be classed as a nasty man? ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Rods2 on 24 June 2018, 14:53:26
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

IMO we won't be paying any divorce bill as the EU will not have even agreed to have any meaningful trade talks by March 2019. The French are the main sh*t stirrers on Galileo and if it ends up being adjudicated on in the International courts then so be it. Where GPS is by far the oldest system it is easily overlaid to give incorrect results like it does around critical Russian areas like The Kremlin and also easily jammed which is of a concern where so many NATO standoff weapons rely on the military version for a few metres or better CEP accuracy.

David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.

The biggest blow to Europe if they decide to play hardball are in finance where over £1tn of loans to European industry has been raised and are administered from London and our withdrawal from Europe's defence, intelligence and security systems. Although our defences have been eviscerated since 1991, so have most defence budgets in Europe many like Germany, Netherland, Italy & Spain, much more than ours and our forces still have reasonable engineering, logistic and transport unit unlike many European armies where these are always low hanging fruit ripe for cutting, if they even existed in the first place.

Putin has stated the worst day in his live, which happened while he was posed in East Germany, was the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He maybe trying to recreate it, from a position of massive economic weakness, but overall it is not going very well, with only wins in limited areas. His biggest single success has been getting his bitch in the White House, but he is a loose cannon and has limited authority compared to Putin's absolute rule, so success has been mixed but Mueller & the rule of law are gradually winning as more of Trump's crime gang are being indicted, have flipped in deals for reduced sentences or are in jail. Crimea and todate Syria have also be notable successes, but the Donbas must currently be classed as a failure.

Plus getting the World Cup to Russia with the greatest show of great PR since Hitler, and every England fan stating how lovely the Russian people are and even the BBC finding it hard to fault it all!  ;D

How can Putin be classed as a nasty man? ::) ::) ::) ::)

Ask Bill Browder, Ukraine or the White Helmets in Syria for a reference. :o

The working class Russian and Ukrainian people are down to earth and the ones I've met have been fine in the UK and Ukraine, but officialdom where it is very bureaucratic is a pain and you really, really don't want to fall out with those at the top in Russia. Ending up on a list can be fatal. :o :o :o Like the Brits on their annual trip to Costa del Puke that don't travel well to holiday destinations, nor do Russians and Ukrainians when holidaying. :(

What never ceases to amaze me is how cheaply Western influence can be bought from Western officials by authoritarian regimes. >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2018, 14:54:47


David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.



I have wondered whether there is some sort of bluff going on, where HMG lets everyone think that it's all going to crap, but in reality they are quietly laying their plans for a WTO outcome.  :-\
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Varche on 24 June 2018, 15:08:51


David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.



I have wondered whether there is some sort of bluff going on, where HMG lets everyone think that it's all going to crap, but in reality they are quietly laying their plans for a WTO outcome.  :-\
Racing certainty unless the establishment can overturn the leaving process. It will be one or the other.
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Varche on 24 June 2018, 15:13:24
This should be quite simple.  ::) 

If the EU don't give us full access to Galileo we deduct the billion we have invested from the £39 billion divorce bill and deny them use of places like the Falklands, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn for the necessary base stations.  :)

IMO we won't be paying any divorce bill as the EU will not have even agreed to have any meaningful trade talks by March 2019. The French are the main sh*t stirrers on Galileo and if it ends up being adjudicated on in the International courts then so be it. Where GPS is by far the oldest system it is easily overlaid to give incorrect results like it does around critical Russian areas like The Kremlin and also easily jammed which is of a concern where so many NATO standoff weapons rely on the military version for a few metres or better CEP accuracy.

David Davis let slip yesterday that the UK no deal plans with us relying on WTO tariffs and trade rules are well advanced.

The biggest blow to Europe if they decide to play hardball are in finance where over £1tn of loans to European industry has been raised and are administered from London and our withdrawal from Europe's defence, intelligence and security systems. Although our defences have been eviscerated since 1991, so have most defence budgets in Europe many like Germany, Netherland, Italy & Spain, much more than ours and our forces still have reasonable engineering, logistic and transport unit unlike many European armies where these are always low hanging fruit ripe for cutting, if they even existed in the first place.

Putin has stated the worst day in his live, which happened while he was posed in East Germany, was the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He maybe trying to recreate it, from a position of massive economic weakness, but overall it is not going very well, with only wins in limited areas. His biggest single success has been getting his bitch in the White House, but he is a loose cannon and has limited authority compared to Putin's absolute rule, so success has been mixed but Mueller & the rule of law are gradually winning as more of Trump's crime gang are being indicted, have flipped in deals for reduced sentences or are in jail. Crimea and todate Syria have also be notable successes, but the Donbas must currently be classed as a failure.

Plus getting the World Cup to Russia with the greatest show of great PR since Hitler, and every England fan stating how lovely the Russian people are and even the BBC finding it hard to fault it all!  ;D

How can Putin be classed as a nasty man? ::) ::) ::) ::)

Same as Kim Jong-un is a nice man. Never had anyone tortured or killed. Yes Trump is the real bad guy - he separates families for goodness sake. ::) ::) ::)

When I watched Frankie Boyle's programme on Russia as a prelude to the World Cup. you could tell there would be nothing but a charm offensive.

Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: biggriffin on 24 June 2018, 20:19:12
 Bohemian Rhapsody https://g.co/kgs/apucZz

This Galileo,,, ;D

We as members of the public, will be sold down the river with what ever fiddle the politician's can get, for them selves and big company backers, the country voted to leave, they didn't think it would happen, and as they don't have any sort of plan,, PANIC,
The Europeans are worried because IF we do leave other countries will follow suit, namely Italy next then possibly Holland, and the Germans don't won't to lose Europe again because of the British,
If the French see it's a good idea, then they will follow, and again Germany will fall.

That's my theory, others might not think the same.
Title: Re: Galileo.
Post by: Nick W on 24 June 2018, 20:49:03
It's not just us that didn't have a plan to leave; the EU never expected anyone to do so, and they don't have a plan for it either.


This is just one of the reasons why nobody is going to come out of it with anything worthwhile.