Re. breaking away from #US tech.

In the dim but not too distant past the #EU and #China became so concerned about the potential of the #US switching off or degrading #NavStar #GPS to the extent that they both launched their own satellites.

#China has since joined the #EU system - known as #Galileo.

From what I can find the #Gallileo GPS is more accurate than the #NavStar #GPS

So tech sovereignty can be achieved.

I made one 'thunder bolts of lightning' joke to Son2 last night (which he witheringly refused to engage with) and the next thing you know it went all Wayne's World in the kitchen as Queen's greatest hits soundtracked my cooking.

#DadJokes #90sFilms #WaynesWorld #scaramouche #fandango #gallileo

144. Amalthea, moon of Jupiter. It shares an orbit with the Amalthea Gossamer Ring, which is composed of dust dislodged from the surface. It has one of the most red surfaces of any solar system object, with occasional bright spots revealing the water ice beneath.

Reference image credit: NASA/JPL

#amalthea #jupiterv #moon #moons #solarsystem #jupitersystem #art #space #spaceart #illustration #drawing #nasa #jpl #gallileo #theuniverse #geek #spacegeek #mastoart