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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:okaaaaaay by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, then it would be cheaper to ship things FROM there, since you get more than a ton per ton. And you could get on the plane with 70 lbs. of stuff, and when you arrive in (wherever) laugh uproariously at the ticket agent, dancing around and saying "ha HA! I have 71 pounds in my bag!"

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  2. Well, I already knew this. by tlipcon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, in my physics classroom it's about 30% as strong as anywhere else. I proved it myself in a lab last week- it's about 3.2 m/s^2 in our corner of the room!

    Strangely enough, it's just about 9.8 up front. I guess the earth is pretty aspherical.

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