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ESA is leading the way in a bunch of space stuff - we're not great at launchers, but the stuff we send up is top-notch. There's Euclid, which maps out the visi
by saubeidl 1y ago
ESA is leading the way in a bunch of space stuff - we're not great at launchers, but the stuff we send up is top-notch.
There's Euclid, which maps out the visible sky in insane detail [0]
There's Galileo, which provides much higher accuracy than GPS. (20cm vs 5m!)
And then there's Copernicus, which provides open-access Earth Observation as a public good.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZCsUfgLRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZCsUfgLRQ
- snickerbockers 1y ago>There's Galileo, which provides much higher accuracy than GPS. (20cm vs 5m!) Very ironic name for a group of satellites orbiting the earth.