[eeh]

Does that work with GPS chips in phones?

Does that facilitate research into space?

Does that provide continuity for existing space research/universities?

Is space research considered to be geopolitically important?

I don't know the answers to these, but I do know these decisions are beyond arm chair critique.

[Rebelgecko]

>Does that work with GPS chips in phones?

I'm not super familiar with how Differential GPS works in practice, but I believe that the common phone receivers are able to pick it up. At the very least they're able to handle satellite based augmentations like WAAS and QZSS

[dathinab]

Also less know:

GPS can be used as an additional "highish" precision clock source for servers.

It works based on the device having known GPS position and knowledge that the position didn't change at all.

EDIT: This as far as I know also applies to other GPS like systems.