GPS Satellites Could Break Down by 2010

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Car Tech
GPS Satellites Could Break Down by 2010
by Warren Riddle — May 19th 2009 at 2:49PM

Millions of U.S. consumers have come to depend on GPS technology for a variety of daily activities, like avoiding traffic jams, finding the shortest route to a vacation destination, or for just finding the nearest movie theatre. Hopefully, those GPS-addicts haven't cleaned the maps out their glove compartments just yet -- according to a U.S. government report obtained by U.K. newspaper The Guardian, the nation's satellites used for GPS may be failing and could even begin to malfunction by 2010. Read more...