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Cosmic Queries – Why Are We Here?

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The GPS Satellites Match Up With Earth's Gravitational Field

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GPS satellites are in a different gravitational field compared with us. Our time on Earth is ticking more slowly than the time in GPS satellites. So how is it that they match up? We have. I know how. How how did it because the GPS. They're on CP time. And so when it gives us our time signature signals, it pre-corrects it using Einstein's general theory of relativity. It's fantastic.

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