The Department of Defense (DOD) initiated the Navigation System with Timing And Ranging (NAVSTAR) Global Positioning System (GPS) in 1973. The DOD developed it because at a cost of over twelve billion dollars the government had the monetary resources to achieve idealistic goals of national defense. The GPS Master Control Station controls NAVSTAR GPS, which is at Falcon Air Force Base outside Colorado Springs, Colorado. This satellite system is used to determine the speed and position …showed first 75 words of 3518 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3518 total…economic growth. This is the view taken by the United States Government, and is stated in the May 2000 Whitehouse Press Release. GPS is a technology, which “increases in productivity, efficiency, safety, scientific knowledge and quality of life,” but it is at the expense of the taxpayers. GPS, a widespread technology, is used by the global society, which brings up many ethical questions. These questions cannot be easily solved and they will not disappear overtime. 3481 Words