Hang on here.. Lets not our static earth confuse our rotating earth thinking. a vertical launch in aspect, will still have the horizontal vector of the rotating earth in the direction toward the east. In other words whilst rising vertically under power, it will be sliding sideways towards the east. This would happen if you pointed it east or west. Graphically on a graph it would be a curved course. Remember my example of a ball falling from your hand in a glass carriage,as it passed the station? Or didn't you read it.? to you the ball fell in a straight line to your feet. But to the person on the platform, it fell in a curve towards the direction the carriage was travelling... Boggles the mind doesn't it.. People in a concorde doing greater than the speed of sound can still speak normally.. Here where I am near Brisbane, if the earth is rotating, am moving at near twice the speed of sound and notice nothing... Does a radio signal take longer to go round the world easterly than westerly? I think my polar launch just might answer some questions. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Shelton To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Moon landings? Dr. Jones, I don't have much to solidly contribute here, but I read your piece and it seems to me that you are saying that the rocket will run out of fuel reaching the moon, or certainly that it won't have enough for the return trip. And this is for either GC or HC, correct? Has this been echoed in other places for backup? Also, I assume when you say a rocket is launched "eastwardly" or "westwardly" you are referring to an attitude change in said rocket once it is already launched, for all rockets launch straight upwards, correct? Further, I would ask you if the "launch direction" would be predicated upon the position of the moon at the time of intercept? I mean, in the GC you are saying we launch westwardly, since that is the direction of the moon's travel, but what if the moon were sunk way down in the east at the instant the decision were made to "aim" the rocket eastwardly or westwardly? Would it not be therefore possible to shoot a rocket eastwardly in our GC worldview? And, conversely, shoot a rocket westwardly to meet a HC moon sunk way down in the west? Would not the interception of the moon be a perfectly feasible manner, in either case, given enough fuel? Sincerely, Gary Shelton > All, > > Can I have some more opinions on the alleged Apollo Moon landings and whether they conflict with the Bible, please? So far, the silence has been deafening from some of you. > > Regards, > > Neville. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/05