Just watching the live feed of the latest Ariane launch – http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va233/ – putting 4 Galileo satellites into orbit. The science and engineering involved in this stuff is awe-inspiring!

Once these satellites are in place there’ll be enough satellites for Galileo to start working after a fashion.

Once these satellites are in place

Great, if there are indeed Aliens we’ll loook even more like the Uuniverse dust bin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris

Funded by European Union and European Space Agency. So how much will it cost us to use it post A50?

Bloody Europeans working together and making something good.

So how much will it cost us to use it post A50?

To use – not much. I suspect that will be up to the device manufacturers to pay a royalty.

Might cost a few British jobs though.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38000538

Kryton57 – Member
Once these satellites are in place
Great, if there are indeed Aliens we’ll loook even more like the Uuniverse dust bin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris
that might be a worry if satellites where the size of London! 😆

Great, if there are indeed Aliens we’ll loook even more like the Uuniverse dust bin

Perhaps the shield of rubbish is preventing an alien invasion 😛