RE: New shuttle

> The two are utterly and completely distinct proofs of the 
> Earth's rotundity, and shall not be combined to form the 
> non-contained statement that "sailors see the round 
> shadow..."  The sailors do not factor into the eclipse 
> example, nor does the eclipse factor into the sailing ships 
> example.   Neither example relies upon a knowledge of gravity 
> at any level.  Gravity, or the belief in an attractive force 
> between massive objects, simply doesn't enter into it, and 
> was a concept which came *long* after numerous and varied 
> proofs of the Earth's rotundity.

Doesn't matter whether you believe Copernicus or Aristotle, as long as you
accept that every now and then we get the Sun-Earth-Moon line up which
causes the eclipse.

See your point, fair enough.  

Back to sleep, Paul. ;P

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