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Old 02-May-2007, 03:30 PM
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[Snip!] On Mercury, basic laws we know would need modification. The power of two magnets would not be the same, the attraction between two electric charges changed. They would not obey the laws of normal space, for the Sun has changed those laws. [Snip!]
Please explain why, if the "basic laws" (such as electromagnetism) "need modification" at Mercury, we were able to fly Mariner 10 past Mercury three times in 1974 and 1975 with all equipment working flawlessly.
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