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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. okaaaaaay by man_ls · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So does that mean that it's cheaper to ship things to India, since when they get there they weigh less?

    If I shipped a ton of something over there, does that mean that when it gets there, it's only .99 tons of a thing?

    Earth is cheating UPS/Fedex/whatever shipping agency out of their fees...