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Published: 11 March, 2009, 19:07

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Russia is developing a navigation system based on tracking X-ray pulsars – a kind of neutron star, which will be used for deep space missions.

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Vlada June 02, 2009, 20:12 quote

What about the velocity of the Solar System with respect to the system of these neutron stars? Is that a constant velocity? Furthermore, the distance between different neutron stars might well change in the course of time, so that that kind of motions should also be taken into account. What, at all, is that substantial difference between the neutron stars and black holes, apart from the fact we know the both species are of enormously large density? Does light can escape from within the neutron stars?

Ergatis June 16, 2009, 05:06 quote

It is not easy to navigate in space. In the solar system there are zero energy paths and Lagrange points. We could set up a network of radio beacons at the Lagrange points and so the spaceship's computer can calculate the zero energy paths to travel between the planet... Until that time we can use the stars...

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