[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

[J. Forster]

There is a difference between falling off a cliff and being pushed.

-John

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> Indeed the uscg did agree to shut it down.
> They signed off on it.
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Christopher Hoover
> <ch at murgatroid.com>wrote:
>
>> David I. Emery wrote:
>>
>>> I have emailed my brother in law who is a rear admiral (I think
>>> now called a vice admiral) and currently CFO of the USCG (and as a note
>>> re your alma mater a MIT Sloan grad) and rather loudly said so myself.
>>> He
>>> most likely was part of the group that made the decision... I intend
>>> to ask him why they did it when I next see him.
>>>
>>
>> David,