GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones
"A fine and entertaining story of the origins of the Global Positioning System, a consequential space-age technology that has affected the lives of hundreds of millions in war and peace. Non-specialist readers will easily understand principles of this sophisticated system and appreciate difficulties of GPS development by visionary individuals."—Mike Gruntman, professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles and author ofBlazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry"The authors do the impossible, making an intricate technological advance fascinating to read. They offer an informative and well-researched account of how GPS proved its worth even before the system was complete. The results it provided in the Persian Gulf War were truly revolutionary. With this seemingly miraculous kick-off, GPS technology was almost immediately integrated throughout military systems. Entrepreneurs immediately picked up on this and made it equally successful in commerce."—Walter J. Boyne, author ofHow the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfareand former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution"GPS Declassifiedis a carefully researched, well written, fast-paced, and thoroughly enjoyable book."—William F. Mellberg,Space Review"As an introduction to GPS, its history, uses, issues and concernsGPS Declassifiedcan’t be beat."—Robert Schaefer,New York Journal of Books"[GPS Declassified] is a good primer and a stimulus to the more challenging aspects of what is now one of the fastest growing sectors in space applications."—Spaceflight