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Gravity May Lose Its Pull
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Dec 29, 2004, 11:04 AM
 
     
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Dec 29, 2004, 11:36 AM
 
It's great to see that America's investment in the Pioneer program many decades ago is still providing us with unforeseen scientific discoveries.

The Pioneer Anomaly could become the 21st century's Michelson-Morley experiment.
     
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Dec 29, 2004, 12:01 PM
 
"Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately, they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." Simon Slavin

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Dec 29, 2004, 12:11 PM
 
I don't see how Pioneer slowing down means that "Gravity may lose its pull".

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Dec 29, 2004, 01:09 PM
 
More like "gravity may behave slightly differently than we thought, part 2."

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Dec 30, 2004, 10:14 AM
 
I will worry when we start floating.

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Dec 30, 2004, 10:19 AM
 
I'll be able to jump higher!
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 10:27 AM
 
that's a cool read.

anyone have that calvin comic where he is giving scientific names at the side of the road?
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 10:31 AM
 
many animalls will becom ecstinct, they will find it diffycult to mayte in low graviti!!

waky waky!
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 01:45 PM
 
Originally posted by i_rooster:
many animalls will becom ecstinct, they will find it diffycult to mayte in low graviti!!
Man is this misspelling on purpose thing annoying. Didn't you promise to stop this once before?
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 04:55 PM
 
The explanation is simple. The sun is burning off hydrogen and is therefore losing mass. Hence, gravity produced by the sun is getting weaker with time.

Damn, this science sh*t is easy.
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 05:30 PM
 
Originally posted by Kilbey:
Man is this misspelling on purpose thing annoying. Didn't you promise to stop this once before?
I think daniel needs medical attention.

waky waky!
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 06:17 PM
 
So, they don't know what is happening, why its happening, and they lost contact with the probes two years ago.

This is news worthy, why?
     
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Dec 30, 2004, 06:18 PM
 
Originally posted by i_rooster:
I think daniel needs medical attention.
who, me?

better yet, stop posting.
     
   
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