Originally posted by FreakyKBHBut the idea of flying in a strait line along the curvature of the earth and returning to the point of departure fixes an image of a round earth in my mind, not a flat plain. Can you explain that?
Yes.
Imagine the earth flattened as though a plate and you'll get the basic idea.
Southern extremes consist of a wall of ice, dimensions of depth/breadth unknown.
Originally posted by josephwWith the North Pole as the center of the plate--- like a phonograph---- you'll come back to the same spot.
But the idea of flying in a strait line along the curvature of the earth and returning to the point of departure fixes an image of a round earth in my mind, not a flat plain. Can you explain that?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHOk. I get that, but then that would mean that if I flew perpendicular to the equator I would, or could, fly out over the edge of the ice wall into open space. Is that correct?
With the North Pole as the center of the plate--- like a phonograph---- you'll come back to the same spot.
Originally posted by josephwUnfortunately, you couldn't fly a plane any closer to the southern region than the 89th parallel.
Ok. I get that, but then that would mean that if I flew perpendicular to the equator I would, or could, fly out over the edge of the ice wall into open space. Is that correct?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHHeck, I couldn't fly a plane down the runway. 😉
Unfortunately, you couldn't fly a plane any closer to the southern region than the 89th parallel.
Then could a person flying along the 89th parallel see the ice wall on their left or right going in the same direction continuously? Could the ice wall be flown over? Why isn't this really big news in science and astronomy that the earth is flat? Seems there would be astronomical scientist coming out of the woodwork publishing their findings all over the world in numbers to big to ignor if the shape of the earth was other than an oblate spheroid.
For some unexplainable reason I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the idea that the earth isn't basically round like a globe just as the moon and the other planets are as I look into the night sky.
If the so-called North Pole is at the center of a flat like land mass with the South Pole as a wall circumventing the parameter of this plate like shape, then why isn't that observable given the apparent fact that aircraft fly around both poles on the 89th parallel in the same amount of time? I mean, an airplane circumventing the North Pole at the center of a flat landscape will do it in a certain amount of time, but one flying along the 89th parallel around, or next to the ice wall of the South Pole which is on the outer edge of a flat plate like landscape will take considerably longer to do it. Isn't that logical?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYou obviously don't know what the formula is.
The formula in question?
How many times must it be spelled out for you?
The formula in question is the one applied for the rate of curvature of the earth.
You have just been taken in by the flat earth propaganda - not done
any research apart from looking up "flat earth" on YouTube. You say
either "the formula" is wrong or the Earth is flat yet cannot provide
the mysterious formula! You are a charlatan and a fool.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHAnd all through the Cold War Russia never dismissed the Moon landings?
Before getting into how vast the conspiracy would have to be, the first question must be answered.
Namely, why is NASA lying?
Why does the organization feel compelled to constantly present Photoshopped images as though they are genuine?
And China didn't want to join the conspiracy until the 21st Century?
Why don't other countries fabricate Space Programs?
And you say NASA photos are photoshopped because ... somebody told you?
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeNo matter how hard I try I can't visualize the earth in disk form. Sure, I suppose it could be flat and still work, that is if it weren't rotating on its axis while the whole face of it was in direct sunlight.
The unexplained reason sir, is that you have reason.
There appears to be a whole host of anomalies associated with a flat earth model. For instance, the moon's cycles. If the moon never leaves facing the flat surface of earth, then why when it isn't visible in North America is it visible on the "other side" of the earth?
But if the moon is always between the sun and a flat earth and not revolving around a globe like earth how is it full when we see it in the sky except that the earth is round and spinning on its axis?
Suddenly everything we understand about astronomy flies out the window.
But if the earth is flat, in truth, I'd surely like to know it.
Originally posted by josephwDon't worry old chap, it isn't. 😉
No matter how hard I try I can't visualize the earth in disk form. Sure, I suppose it could be flat and still work, that is if it weren't rotating on its axis while the whole face of it was in direct sunlight.
There appears to be a whole host of anomalies associated with a flat earth model. For instance, the moon's cycles. If the moon never leaves facing ...[text shortened]... ronomy flies out the window.
But if the earth is flat, in truth, I'd surely like to know it.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHIt's not just NASA, the Russians are therefore lying along with the Chinese. Why are they all lying?
Before getting into how vast the conspiracy would have to be, the first question must be answered.
Namely, why is NASA lying?
Why does the organization feel compelled to constantly present Photoshopped images as though they are genuine?