I find it amusing, if not, incredible of the coincidence that the acronym for 'Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory' is 'GRAIL'!!!! Do you think they realise the connection of that word with the mysticism associated with the 'holy grail'? Or are they waving two fingers at those who believe in a Creator. FYI I personally hold no belief in the so-called holy grail. Jack Zuber is the principal investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory - "GRAIL" for short. It's a new NASA mission slated for launch in 2011 that will probe the moon's quirky gravity field. Data from GRAIL will help scientists understand forces at play beneath the lunar surface and learn how the moon, Earth and other terrestrial planets evolved. ----- Original Message ----- From: philip madsen To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:41 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Stellar Parallax/Regner Is it my imagination, or does Allens writing in black ink sound much more convincing than those written in blue? And thanks Neville also for the good explanation, though I have to admit I still cannot fully get this parallax thing in to focus.. The hard part is trying to understand the heliocentric view, and then reversing it. I will try some more satisfying diagrams. Talking about anomalies, what in the moon is NASA talking about here? A holy grail perhaps? Gravitationally speaking, the moon is a strange place. Satellites in lunar orbit feel odd, sideways tugs and sometimes end up nose down in the moondust. Astronauts standing in the middle of lunar lava seas weigh more than they do standing on the shore. A new NASA mission named GRAIL aims to map the moon's quirky gravity field and thus pave the way for future exploration. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/22may_grail.htm?list117629