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Celestial Navigation instruction being reinstated in the US Navy

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Mark Sims
Tue, Oct 27, 2015 1:00 AM

It's also interesting that they are not teaching/using printed tables.  They enter the readings into a computer to calculate the location...  assuming the computer has not been EMP'd or hacked.  It's much harder to EMP/hack a book.

I was taught the subtle wonders of celestial navigation in my high-school NAVY ROTC course in the early 70's.  I wrote a FORTRAN program to do the calculations on an IBM 1130.  Commander was quite impressed...  I was offered a chance to attend the Naval Academy.

It's also interesting that they are not teaching/using printed tables. They enter the readings into a computer to calculate the location... assuming the computer has not been EMP'd or hacked. It's much harder to EMP/hack a book. I was taught the subtle wonders of celestial navigation in my high-school NAVY ROTC course in the early 70's. I wrote a FORTRAN program to do the calculations on an IBM 1130. Commander was quite impressed... I was offered a chance to attend the Naval Academy.