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Your GPS Shuts Down If It Goes Too Fast

2014-01-30

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channel thumbTom Scott

http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - If a GPS goes over 1200mph or 60,000 feet, it'll shut down. And the reason why is linked to here, at the Kennedy Space Centre, and the Cold War.