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An immortal fumble by Henri Wilson (2-May-2006)

"You have all the religious conviction of a suicide bomber."
> The anomalous precession is perfectly explained by GR. There is
> no "wiggle room" in GR, no adjustable parameters. Yet Mercury,
> Venus, the Earth, and Mars all show anomalous precessions
> which, to the limit of measurement accuracy, agree with the GR
> prediction.

Crap.
How could a circular maths theory cause anything physical?

There HAS to be a Newtonian explanation. 

> In the case of Mars, the presence of the two Viking landers allowed
> monitoring of the Mars orbit to an accuracy of better than 10 meters
> between 1976 though 1982. Even at this extreme accuracy, there is
> no significant disagreement between the orbital precession of Mars
> and the GR prediction.

That's why those two capsules crashed I suppose.

You have all the religious conviction of a suicide bomber.  Einsteiniana might
call for volunteers soon...
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