[LEAPSECS] BBC article

[Rob Seaman]

On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <A33A28CA-A41D-473B-8130-F2BB9B9DAA5E at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

> 

>> You still aren't getting the point.  He was asserting that GPS

>> operations - running their internal systems - is itself dependent

>> on the current definition of UTC.

> 

> As I read that quote...


Convenient to cut off the first line to fit your preconceptions:


>> Malys at futureofutc […] stated that abandoning leap seconds

>>   Will require resources to modify existing ICDs and operational software

>>   Offers no benefits to NGA or GPS Operations

>> and he gave the cost of creating an ICD for GPS at about $100 million.



See the summary slide at:

	http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/futureofutc/program/presentations/AAS_11-675_Malys.pptx.pdf

Rob