On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 5 Oct 2010 07:31:25 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] >>>>So why do you not think there is a large potential difference between >>>>the moon and the earth? >>> >>> I don't think there is. You were the one that wanted to connect them with a >>> cable. >> >>I asked, "why you do not think . . ." > > Sorry, I missed that. I guess the simple answer is because I don't see any > reason why there would be. As for empirical evidence, when the moon lander > touched down there was no spark AFAIK.
I read that you folks downunder get to see the revamped landing film thanks to some archived footage which we Yanks lost. Watch the shadow of the lander as it approaches Tranquility Base and notice the shadow of the long rod protruding from one of the landing pads. I am told that this rod served two purposes, 1) to automatically shutoff the engines near touchdown and 2) to drain any static charge on the lander. The source of such a charge might be in question; but, it could be that someone knows there is a voltage potential between the two bodies. Electricuniverse.info speaks a good bit about such potentials in the solar system. Also, Thunderbolts.info and holoscience.com. T
