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"Canoe U" and celestial nav
From: Jonathon C McLendon
Date: 1998 Jun 16, 2:42 PM
From: Jonathon C McLendon
Date: 1998 Jun 16, 2:42 PM
Reply To: mclejc@aur.alcatel.com Organization: Alcatel Network Systems - ADSL Engineering From- mclejc@aur.alcatel.com (Jonathon C McLendon) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2953 From the AP line some time back... The names match up with the Naval Academy web pages. Naval Academy drops celestial navigation class ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The computer has sunk the ancient art of celestial navigation at the Naval Academy. In the new academic year, midshipmen will no longer have to learn the often tedious task of using a wedge-shaped sextant to look at the stars and plot a ship's course. Instead, the academy is adding a few extra lessons on how to navigate by computer. Naval officials said using a sextant, which is accurate to a three-mile radius, is obsolete. A satellite-linked computer can pinpoint a ship within 60 feet. Academy Superintendent Adm. Charles Larson said he never even used celestial navigation in the fleet. ``But I did have a commander who made me use a sextant just to prove I could do it,'' he said. Some old-timers consider it sacrilegious to eliminate a class that has been taught since the academy was established in 1845. But Cmdr. Mark Clemente, chairman of the academy's leadership, ethics and law department, said change usually sparks debate. ``They probably had the same kind of battle when the Navy gave up sails,'' he said. Rick Emerson wrote: > From manager@gomoku.ronin.com Tue Jun 16 16:21 EDT 1998 > X-Authentication-Warning: gomoku.ronin.com: majordomo set sender to owner-navigation@roninhouse.com using -f > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:50:50 GMT > Message-Id: <199806161950.TAA32125@ssg.com> > From- Rick Emerson> To: navigation@ronin.com > Subject: [Nml] "Canoe U" and celestial nav > Sender: owner-navigation@roninhouse.com > Precedence: bulk > Reply-To: Rick Emerson > Errors-To: owner-majordomo@roninhouse.com > Content-Type: text > Content-Length: 692 > > I'm sure this has already been discussed here but does anyone know > *for sure* (that is, you're currently on the faculty, a midshipman, or > a support person at the Naval Academy) whether celestial has been > dropped from the program? It's my impression this is only a rumor (or > new urban legend?) and that celestial nav training has *not* been > dropped altogether. > > Rick > S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= > =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= > =-= navigation =-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= > -- John McLendon - V:919.850.5367 F:919.850.6670 Alcatel Network Systems mclejc@ 2912 Wake Forest Rd. Raleigh, NC 27609 aur.alcatel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler." Albert Einstein - spam bait follows -> sales@cyberessentials.com postmaster@nufocusmarketing.com bulkemail@wstudios.com bizopp@answerme.com tomwood@YOURSUCCESS.COM postmaster@virgin.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=