RE: New shuttle

> > 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 ;-)

Ha!  Did wonder if you'd say that, and while it's true, I did do Physics
with one of those rare teachers who actually credited us with more
intelligence than to say "...and Newton discovered gravity..." accompanied
by that stupid picture of him sat under an apple tree.

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