Re: Couple Old Style Space Opera questions...

James A. Donald wrote:

If someone claims the moon is made of green cheese,
putting equations in one's reply is irrelevant.

Yes, but if claims that the acceleration due to gravity at the Moon's surface is 1.62 m/s^2, then one needs to show equations and numbers to back it up. That's what you have absolutely refused to do, so your quantitative answers deserve just about zero confidence at this point.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: The difference in acceleration - About Gravitys Strength
    ... > That is the difference between gravity and nongravitational acceleration. ... > That is the limit is less than a light speed change in motion. ... > Thank you Donald for providing me the opertunity to pontificate. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: The difference in acceleration - About Gravitys Strength
    ... > That is the difference between gravity and nongravitational acceleration. ... > That is the limit is less than a light speed change in motion. ... > Thank you Donald for providing me the opertunity to pontificate. ...
    (sci.physics.relativity)
  • Re: The difference in acceleration - About Gravitys Strength
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    (sci.math)
  • Re: "Is There a Force of Gravity?"
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    (sci.physics.relativity)
  • Re: "Is There a Force of Gravity?"
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