1

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Help Wanted: Looking for Someone to Interview about the FES

« on: March 07, 2007, 06:17:51 AM »

Hello,  everyone. My name is Christine and I am a student at San Joaquin Delta College. This semester I am enrolled in an English 1A class and we have to do a research paper. I have chosen to do my report on the Flat Earth Society because it seems to be a very interesting topic. One of the requirements for our research paper is that we have to interview someone who is an expert in the field of our topic. I was hoping to find someone who will be willing to answer a few questions for me I would greatly appreciate it if someone will let me interview them or at least tell me who would be best to interview.

A few questions I had were: What is the Flat Earth Society? Who created it? What proof is there that the earth is flat? If the earth is supposedly flat, why don't we fall of the edge? How do you feel about people who disapprove of the idea that the earth is flat?

If someone can let me interview them, please e-mail me at [email protected]

Well. You should begin by reading the FAQ.

2

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: The Number of People in the Conspiracy

« on: March 02, 2007, 10:20:10 AM »

How much fuel do you think they carry? It's not an infinite supply!

Who said it was ?

Well when it runs out you stop accelerating and the Earth would catch up eventually. Unless there was some way of...oh I don't know...going into orbit!

Ah, I see. So you know exactly how much thrust the SRBs provides ?

3

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Do you believe in just about evry astronomical definition, law, or anythign

« on: March 02, 2007, 10:10:35 AM »

So you think the earth has no gravitational pull?

I think you're mistaking the upwards thrust of the Earth for a "gravitational pull".

What i am saying here is the standard model of the earth for RE-ers is spherical and in this model the earth orbits the sun. It is this orbit, which produces a centrifugal force between the earth and the sun that stops the earth crashing into the sun and the centripetal force stopping earth flying past the sun.

We agree on this, in your so-called "standard model".

4

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: The Number of People in the Conspiracy

« on: March 02, 2007, 10:08:00 AM »

How much fuel do you think they carry? It's not an infinite supply!

Who said it was ?

5

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: The Number of People in the Conspiracy

« on: March 02, 2007, 09:19:32 AM »

Here's something else to think about.  What happens to the Space Shuttle after they launch it?  You can watch the shuttle pretty much all the way until it leaves the atmosphere.  In a RE model the shuttle goes into orbit around the Earth, but in a FE model the Earth is accelerating upward.  That means the whole time the shuttle is in space it must be producing enough thrust to keep accelerating with the Earth or it will just come crashing down.  From an energy standpoint that would be impossible for how long the space shuttle stays in space.  So what happens then?  Does NASA have a secret base somewhere where they land the shuttle and relaunch it so that everyone can see it come back from space when its supposed too.  That might take a significant amount of conspiracy money. 

Could you support this statement with proof ?

6

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Do you believe in just about evry astronomical definition, law, or anythign

« on: March 02, 2007, 09:04:38 AM »

The "Pulling", or gravity, is the same for all matter. The sun, moon, stars, and earth are all made of matter, and they all have a gravitational pull. Proof? For earth, there is gravity since we seem to "fall" towards it. The moon's gravity is seen in the ocean tides. The sun has a gravitational field since we orbit around it, and the sun also influences the tides to a degree. For the stars, look outside on a clear night and try to find the milky way "strip" of stars. Without gravity, stars would not form into galaxies. Also, look at the Andromeda galaxy, see how the star's gravity pulled it into the spiral galaxy that is so easy to spot? Oh and also, without gravity, stars, planets, everything we see would not form like it did, and the universe would be radically different.

No. We don't "fall" towards Earth, it's moving towards us. I understand that, in physics, it's the same and exact thing, but it's no "proof" that the Earth has a gravitational pull.

7

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Do you believe in just about evry astronomical definition, law, or anythign

« on: March 02, 2007, 09:03:01 AM »

Because the moon the earth and the sun will also have a pull regardless of the stars. So why has the earth not crashed into the moon or sun?

Will this is just a wild guess, but i would say because the earth is spherical.

You're actually saying that the Earth and the Sun are not crashing together because the Earth is "spherical" ?

8

Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Do you believe in just about evry astronomical definition, law, or anythign

« on: March 02, 2007, 08:09:12 AM »

If the stars have a gravitational affect on the sun and the moon it will also have one on the earth.

Assuming the stars pull the earth, the moon and the sun at the same rate. There there would be no net change between the distance from the earth, the moon and the sun.

But seeing as the earth does have its own gravity, therefore would that not pull the moon and the sun towards the earth, which would mean they would eventually collide regardless of the stars???

Do you understand astronomy101 or should i draw you a nice felt tip pen colour picture, like the ones in your nursery?

You're assuming that the earth, the sun and the moon react the same to the "pulling" of the stars. You're wrong.