Re: Idiots in Astrophysics

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From: Professor Vonroach
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:42

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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 23:33:31 GMT, russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew
Russotto) wrote:

>>Sounds like tedious work. Though it is amazing when you think about it
>>that the surface of the Moon accurately reflects the center of gravity
>>to within 3 cm. 
>
>The moon is tectonically inactive, and tidally locked.  IOW, you don't
>get significant shifting within the moon.

Tectonically inactive or not, what value is the knowledge of the exact
distance to a point on the irregular surface of the Moon from a point
on the irregular surface of the Earth to within 3 cm.? What is known
of the stability of the lunar mirror? Sounds like another well hyped
toy in a game where he with the most toys wins. The era of the
usefulness of lunar travel drew to an end years ago. Alan Shephard,
Jr. opened the quest and closed it with his usual flair - a golf shot.
Now NASA is in the business of perpetuating its own bureaucracy. What
sounds like significant science is often a fraud to be lampooned in
this phony era of global warming, and polar holes in crisis?

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From: vonroach@popd.ix.netcom.com (Professor Vonroach)
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Subject: Re: Idiots in Astrophysics
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