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Mapping Gravity

Posted by michael on from the slim-fast dept.

overThruster writes: "No, you don't need to drink the water... Gravity is less strong in India--enough so that you weigh almost 1% less there. See BBC story about NASA's gravity map." Here's another story about the mission, and the GRACE home page (or NASA's less-informative page).

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  1. Re:oh that's why by nihilogos · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Judging by your sig you hate anything but hamburgers and hot dogs. And most likely you have never been out of the good 'ol U.S of A.

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    :wq
  2. Re:okaaaaaay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yeah, you could do that if 71 * .99 == 71

    dipshit

  3. Why is this in decimal? by Derek+Finch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Decimal is for superstitious idiots. Use hexadecimal if you want to describe the world.