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Flat Earth Debate / Re: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket Into Orbit

« on: October 02, 2008, 08:59:30 AM »

I registered just to comment on this. SpaceX has a video starting at takeoff and uncut all the way into space. The video clearly shows the curvature of the Earth in the background.

And then your comment failed.  The "curvature" of the earth you see is actually the round spotlight of the sun shinning down on the flat earth surface.

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I don't think that the 'spotlight' is so sharp. Where I live it takes a couple of hours to go from light to dark. That would mean that there should be a diffusion or blending zone. If there is more Earth past that point, then it should blend evenly into it; it shouldn't go from completely white to completely black.

Also, as the vehicle spins, the curvature should distort as the perspective changes. If I'm looking at a circular plate at an angle, it appears as a "flatter" ellipse. As I twist around my own axis, the minor and major axis should rotate showing "lobes" in the plate.

However, the "curvature" remains constant indicating that the curvature from any point to the horizon remains constant.

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: "How does a plane follow the curvature of the Earth's atmosphere?"

« on: October 01, 2008, 07:34:07 AM »

I cannot believe this is a serious question. The plane does not need to make any adjustments to fly at constant altitute around a hypothetical round Earth. It has nothing to do with sound, it has to do with physics.

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket Into Orbit

« on: September 30, 2008, 08:45:13 AM »

I registered just to comment on this. SpaceX has a video starting at takeoff and uncut all the way into space. The video clearly shows the curvature of the Earth in the background.

And then your comment failed.  The "curvature" of the earth you see is actually the round spotlight of the sun shinning down on the flat earth surface.

I don't think that the 'spotlight' is so sharp. Where I live it takes a couple of hours to go from light to dark. That would mean that there should be a diffusion or blending zone. If there is more Earth past that point, then it should blend evenly into it; it shouldn't go from completely white to completely black.

Also, as the vehicle spins, the curvature should distort as the perspective changes. If I'm looking at a circular plate at an angle, it appears as a "flatter" ellipse. As I twist around my own axis, the minor and major axis should rotate showing "lobes" in the plate.

However, the "curvature" remains constant indicating that the curvature from any point to the horizon remains constant.

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket Into Orbit

« on: September 29, 2008, 08:25:43 AM »

I registered just to comment on this. SpaceX has a video starting at takeoff and uncut all the way into space. The video clearly shows the curvature of the Earth in the background.

I know that this video can be faked among all the other videos that have been posted, but people witnessed this vehicle taking off, seen it going up, and the footage matches.

Can anyone answer my question without bringing up governmental conspiracies?

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket Into Orbit

« on: September 29, 2008, 07:26:19 AM »

I registered just to comment on this. SpaceX has a video starting at takeoff and uncut all the way into space. The video clearly shows the curvature of the Earth in the background.

I know that this video can be faked among all the other videos that have been posted, but people witnessed this vehicle taking off, seen it going up, and the footage matches.