Comments on: GPS on the Moon!!! http://theultimaterenaissance.com/2008/08/03/gps-on-the-moon/ Just... The Ultimate Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sergiy http://theultimaterenaissance.com/2008/08/03/gps-on-the-moon/#comment-582 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:06:33 +0000 http://theultimaterenaissance.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-582 Because launching one satellite costs from $200,000,000 to $600,000,000 and you need at least 24 to enable GPS on any planet. Thus it will cost from $4,8 to $14,4 billion, which is much more expensive than paying $1.2 billion to Li :) .

P. S. I don’t know if they could reuse some satellites that are orbiting Earth already (afterall it’s pretty close), but it seems that it’s still cheaper to have sensor/image-based GPS than satellite-based.

]]> By: James Phelan http://theultimaterenaissance.com/2008/08/03/gps-on-the-moon/#comment-450 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:47:12 +0000 http://theultimaterenaissance.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-450 Why not consider a real GPS Constellation for both the moon and Mars. If we are serious about truly exploiting these hostile environs, a superior navigation system will be required.
The technology exists and can be made more automated for the lunar environment which could get by with less Space Vehicles than the earth GPS Constellation of 30 Satellites

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