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To: Kip Russell

So if a Muslim is on the Mars mission then how are they going to locate Mecca so they know what direction to pray?


4 posted on 11/04/2013 6:16:27 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
So if a Muslim is on the Mars mission then how are they going to locate Mecca so they know what direction to pray?

Well, as a practical matter they just have to look up in the sky and find the brightest blue-green point of light...that will be Earth.

Just as a bit of trivia, I once read that from Mars one could see our Moon as separate (but much fainter) point of light, just next to Earth.

5 posted on 11/04/2013 6:19:20 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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