Naval Academy revives celestial navigation

why in the era of GPS, Naval Academy revives celestial navigation Celestial navigation.
Officials reinstated lessons in celestial navigation this year, nearly two decades after decision, in the late 1990s, made national news and caused a stir among the old guard of navigators.
Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, ancient art and science of position fixing that enables a navigator to transition through a space

That premise is the basis for the most commonly used method of celestial navigation,techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific.







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