I'd expected to see a mention of Korean Boeing that was shot down by Soviets, wh...

		gandhium on June 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Political Path to GPS: How war and peace forge... I'd expected to see a mention of Korean Boeing that was shot down by Soviets, which prompted Reagan to make GPS available for civilians. As in [0] "President Reagan announced on September 16, 1983, that the Global Positioning System (GPS) would be made available for civilian use, free of charge, once completed in order to avert similar navigational errors in the future." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007

That's a nice example for a reasonable reaction from politics. Good to know!