You know, I have often wondered... If it were possible to be in the exact center of the earth, would you be weightless? I mean would the gravity created by the mass on one side of you would be counter-acted by the gravity on the other side, effectively canceling each other out?
I think I missed that physics lesson in school. Just one of those things I ponder when my mind gets empty of other things. -Cameron ----------------- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc. --- cell: 678-637-5072 aim: cameroncf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:29 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Hole in the Earth? > > > More likely, a hole in the head.... > > FOLSOM, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- It sounds like a whole lot > of nonsense but a California man is almost ready to prove > there's a giant hole connecting the North and South Poles. > > Next May, Hollow Earth researcher Dallas Thompson is planning > to travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic by way of the > hole. > So far, Thompson says he's received $100 grand in donations > -- enough to buy a mini-helicopter that can zip through the > hole at 100 miles per hour. > > Thompson still needs another $15 grand to pay for the "hole" > experience, which he says will include a side trip to a > "crystal city" under the Earth and encounters with real-life > dinosaurs. > > Think that Thompson has holes in his head? Well, he says > science backs up his theories and claims monks from all over > the world travel through the holes in order to visit a > Tibetan village called "Sham-bala." > > http://www.ncbuy.com/news/wireless_news.html?qdate=2002-09-10&; nav=VIEW&id=Q30JAP03403020910 ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
