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manyatoms • today at 3:46 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Does this mean using the star-tracking devices like what satellites have, or like a human paper/pen thing?


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obviouslynotme • today at 4:20 AM

It should mean both. They need to learn how to do it by hand and then learn how to lean on a navigation system. If only GPS fails, then the celestial navigation program fallback runs without a hitch. If shit hits the fan, then they can break out the manual and remember how to do it by hand.