Henry Spencer wrote:

IIf not, then the
whole system is, in my opinion, a complete waste of time, money and effort,
simply duplicatiing GPS.

See above. But yes, it is largely a duplication. The US could save a lot
of time, money, and effort if it joined the Galileo consortium and closed
down GPS.

Is this not likely to happen eventually? What would be the value of maintaining
GPS once Galileo is operating? Unless the EAE wants to keep the option of
someday making Galileo, uh, un-available...