Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by tyingq on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:01PM
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I was curious what Beidou meant, apparently it refers to the "Big Dipper": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeiDou_Navigation_Satellite_Sy...
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by jewelry_wolf on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:28AM
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Yep, Big Dipper as part of Ursa Major translates to something used as a wine vessel about 2 to 3 thousands year ago.