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*[[Ivan Getting]], emeritus president of [[The Aerospace Corporation]] and [[engineer]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], established the basis for GPS, improving on the World War II land-based radio system called [[LORAN]] ('''Lo'''ng-range '''R'''adio '''A'''id to '''N'''avigation). | *[[Ivan Getting]], emeritus president of [[The Aerospace Corporation]] and [[engineer]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], established the basis for GPS, improving on the World War II land-based radio system called [[LORAN]] ('''Lo'''ng-range '''R'''adio '''A'''id to '''N'''avigation). | ||
*[[Bradford Parkinson]], professor of | *[[Bradford Parkinson]], professor of aeronautics and [[astronautics]] at [[Stanford University]], conceived the present satellite-based system in the early 1960s and developed it in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force. | ||
One GPS developer, [[Roger L. Easton]], received the [[National Medal of Technology]] on [[February 13]] [[2006]] at the White House.<ref>[[United States Naval Research Laboratory]]. [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/nrl-par112205.php National Medal of Technology for GPS]. [[November 21]], [[2005]]</ref> | One GPS developer, [[Roger L. Easton]], received the [[National Medal of Technology]] on [[February 13]] [[2006]] at the White House.<ref>[[United States Naval Research Laboratory]]. [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/nrl-par112205.php National Medal of Technology for GPS]. [[November 21]], [[2005]]</ref> | ||
