[chaos_5]

When we are closer to the sun time space is more curved. Perhaps the change in time space curvature affects the decay rate. Considering that decay rates are affected by relativity, I see no reason why they would not also be affected by time space curvature.

[Quix]

Reportedly Von Braun was quite disturbed at the implications of all the launched vehicle data . . .

kind of shredding Newtonian and Einsteinian physics in very significant ways.