RE: New shuttle

> > Sailors always knew it. They could plainly see a ship sink below the 
> > curve as it sailed away. Partial eclipses were also a pretty 
> > good clue. Haaaaay, lookit that big round shadow on the moon!
> 
> You're thinking that sailors knew that this shadow was the earth blocking
> the light getting from the sun to the moon and back before Newton figured
> out celestial motion and the effects of gravity?  Seems unlikely to me.

Heh heh, I know what someone's been reading ;-)


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