Michael Ash <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Joetheone <joetheone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Another thing in common between the Pioneer and these flybys is what
you
>> would call an unbound orbit around a central body," Anderson said. "For
>> instance, the Pioneers are flying out of the solar system ? they're not
>> bound to their central body, the sun. For the other flybys, the Earth
is the
>> central body. These kinds of orbits just don't occur very often in
nature ?
>> it could be when you get into an unbound orbit around a central body,
>> something goes on that's not in our standard models."
>
> Obviously the programmers of the Matrix didn't think about the
possibility
> of spaceflight and took a few too many shortcuts in the orbital
mechanics
> module.
I sometimes think quantum mechanics us caused by scientists catching God
in a contradiction, and God quickly hacking something together to hide
the fact that he's just messing about by hand.
mcv.
--
Science is not the be-all and end-all of human existence. It's a tool.
A very powerful tool, but not the only tool. And if only that which
could be verified scientifically was considered real, then nearly all
of human experience would be not-real. -- Zachriel
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