USAF, footing the bill for 90% of space-based systems
PAY WHO? While the U.S. Air Force foots the bill for launching and maintaining GPS satellites, it isn't necessarily the primary user, says Chief of Staff Gen. Michael E. Ryan. "We should have charged one buck for every GPS [usage]," he says. "One dollar and we wouldn't have this [funding] problem...
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