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Re: accuracy of automatic celestial navigation
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Dec 9, 20:34 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Dec 9, 20:34 -0500
Thanks to all. George Huxtable and Walter Guinan both accidentally wrote off list, and Paul on list, pointing out that the principle of equivalence precludes the accelerometers distinguishing gravity from acceleration. Since that principle is the underlying basis of relativity, my question was way off the mark. My only excuse is that if anyone else had the same problem, it is now well straightened out. Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a "I'll tell you, being in prison isn't, isn't all that, uh, that it's cracked up to be." RM Nixon