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Is the earth flat?

Discussion in 'History & Literature' started by shaka, Jul 17, 2016.

  1. Purple Bananaa

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    You actually watched them? :laugh: :laugh:
     
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    Lol I thought it was good tbh and despite believing what we were all taught at school it doesn't mean it can't be challenged.
     
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    Out of interest Shaka, do you believe in the illuminati?
     
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    We can breath in space... they just don't want us to escape.
     
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    I didn't intend on but if I wanted to give a reasonable response I felt I should.
     
  6. shaka

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    He made some salient points in the vid. We cannot see any evidence of curvature from being on the earth itself. The two tests used to support his hypothesis holds up under scrutiny.

    We only have a photo from 1972 let that sink in after all the shuttle craft flights over the years nothing since. It was the bible that told mankind the world was round long before science even got there. Its why I still believe its round but yes I like to keep an open mind on lots of things.
     
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    Lets do some maths. To photo the Earth in it's entirety you need to be approx 3678 km (2285 miles) from the Earth.

    The human visual field of view is approximately 120 degrees in both the horizontal and vertical directions. If we construct a right triangle where one angle is 60 degrees (half of 120 degrees), "d" is the distance to the earth, and "r" is the radius of the earth, then d = r/tan(60) = 6371 km/1.732 = 3678 km = 2285 miles. This says that you would have to be 3678 km (2285 miles) away from the earth to see it as a full disk.Distance away from earth to see it as a full disk

    The ISS orbiting at an altitude of 347 km (216 miles) perigee and 360 km (224 miles) apogee (the mean is about 353 km (219 miles)) so you're not going to get any images of the Earth in it's entirety from that altitude. The further you get away from Earth the less likely you are of keeping within Earth's orbit and therefore it is more expensive to run the mission. I think the last photo of a full Earth was taken in 2013 by the Juno orbiter (which is now at Jupiter), it was 966,000 kilometers (600,000 miles) from the Earth. The cost of putting a spaceship into orbit around the Earth at ~4000 km just to image it and prove that it is an oblate spheroid would be insane and futile as if you don't believe it is round now you certainly wouldn't then because the "establishment faked new the new photos".
     
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    FUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK WHY DID I WATCH THEM???

    @shaka my ****ing recommended video's now includes shit video's like this. :damn'puter
     
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    You'll be like Superyids in a year :laugh:
     
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    SpursLegend Formarly known as Lockie

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    What?
     
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    Just seen this thread. Absolute crackpot :laugh: :laugh:
     
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    The **** did I miss that gem :laugh:
     
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    Good luck trying to find one that's more recent or genuine. Guyett posted something that was clearly photo shop.
     
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    What did I post?

    As for this photoshop how else do you stitch together high resolution images?
     
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    The images of earth shot from a satellite I believe. If NASA themselves have stated there isn't any up to date pictures of earth I really don't understand why its so difficult for some to grasp. I thought this point was already boxed off and agreed.
     
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    Your inability to understand basic science and English is staggering. Every argument you are putting forward has been discussed but you're persisting in going in circles.

    Yes there is natural resources in Antarctica but it is not economically viable to start extracting said resources.

    No there is not an unaltered image of Earth as NASA or any other space agency hasn't put a spaceship into space to image from that distance. Instead they can stitch together a higher resolution image by taking lots of photos from closer. It really is not that difficult to grasp this concept yet you are stubbornly bringing it back up.
     
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    You don't have to go to space to prove that the earth is round - the fact it was proven years and years before even flight should show that.
     
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    No its not flat, and who cares anyway, as long as the sun is shining in the canary islands when I go on holiday I do not give a shit. :)
     
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