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A common misconception
It’s a common misconception among the public that when a rocket lifts off, it somehow pushes against the launch pad, or the air around it, to gain altitude. This is based on common sense and everyday experience. Let’s say you wear skates on an ice rink and you want to move forward; you simply have to push on something solid, such as the side of the rink, in the other direction. But common sense is not a good guide in the case of a rocket; for instance, how would you explain that the rocket is still accelerating toward space when it’s high above the pad and moving through clouds? Indeed, how can it change direction in the vacuum of space?
IT is with despair that I look at what s going on in the SNP, both over the weekend and on Monday. I ask myself, does the current leadership really want to win the May election and do they still want independence? Recent behaviour casts great doubt on either of these aims. I have to think that I appear to have wasted more than 40 years campaigning for independence when it reaches the current state of affairs. Boris and the rest of the Unionist parties can rest easy as the SNP, as currently run, have little intention of achieving the party s avowed aim. It looks as though all it wants is to string along supporters and collect their subs.