RE: What's wrong with this?

From: Glenn Morton <glennmorton@entouch.net>
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 20:00:46 EDT

Darn, you got the gold star before me. But one addition. It was only in
free fall when it was on a geodesic path outside of the part of the
atmosphere where enough atmospheric density could cause significant
drag.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Ted Davis
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:40 PM
> To: asa@calvin.edu; gmurphy@raex.com
> Subject: Re: What's wrong with this?
>
>
> If this is a quiz, George, the answer is: It isn't
> weightless, it's in free fall. Like the moon around the
> earth, or the earth around the sun.
>
> Do I get a gold star or my pick of the toy bag??
>
> ted
>
> >>> "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com> 06/21/04 19:12 PM >>>
> The story about the 1st private space flight this evening on
> CBS said that the rocket had gotten "high enough to achieve
> weightlessness."
>
> No wonder people fall for things like YEC.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
Received on Mon Jun 21 20:17:26 2004

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