From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 15:58:21 MST
The sheer idiocy of it all.
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Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:19:43 -0500
From: Travis J.I. Corcoran <tjic@tjic.com>
Subject: [s-t] leave an acceleration couch empty for Elijah...
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s761875.htm
A debate has arisen among some rabbis over just how to mark the
Sabbath in space, since astronauts, speeding around the planet at over
8 kilometres per second, see the sun set every 90 minutes, marking the
start of another day, according to Jewish traditions.
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