Re: "Is There a Force of Gravity?"



Joe Fischer <efischer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, stephen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>>Joe Fischer <efischer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Why, if the moon is made out of the same materials as the Earth.
>>> Think about it for about 60 years, I have.
>>
>>If you think about it for a month you will realize that
>>expansion does not explain the orbit of the moon.
>>Stephen

> You are assuming Euclidean space, the Moon moves
> relative to the Earth as a result of at least two vectors, which
> may not add as expected.

What are these vectors? Explain how expansion describes the
orbit of the moon. What sort of non-Euclidean space
are you assuming, and what does it have to do with expansion?

Stephen
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