[thechat] Speed of light may have changed recently

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sun Jul 4 04:46:56 CDT 2004


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On 4 Jul 2004, at 05:25, Erik Mattheis wrote:

> Here's a guy who says Einstein is ridiculous and Newton's laws 
> describe everything sufficiently: http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/

well I don't know about Einstein being ridiculous, but for practical 
purposes, Newton *does* describe everything sufficiently.

What kind of physics does NASA use to plan moon|mars landings? 
Newtonian. Now when they master the metric system, perhaps we'll let 
them play with relativity ;-)

Cheers
Martin
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