50 years today since man first saw the earth from orbit

as the title says really. its bound to get the non-believers hating anyway

Do you have any empirical evidence to prove this outlandish claim?

He did not orbit the earth; he was shot up into the air on top of a rocket. Good for him.

Do you have any empirical evidence to prove this outlandish claim?

Oh sure... here you go:

http://news.discovery.com/space/first-orbit-reveals-what-yuri-saw-110412.html

On April 12, 1961, a Russian cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin made space history when he became the first human being to blast off into space, aboard a bell-shaped capsule known as Voystok 1.

April 12, 2011 - April 12, 1969 = 50 years.

how did he orbit?

how did he orbit?

I imagine, in much the same way that the moon orbits:

In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

What did he orbit?

What did he orbit?

Please read:

In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

Quote from: Vongeo on April 12, 2011, 02:13:02 PM

What did he orbit?

Please read:

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In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

I don't think so.

Quote from: Oracle on April 12, 2011, 02:37:59 PM

Quote from: Vongeo on April 12, 2011, 02:13:02 PM

What did he orbit?

Please read:

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In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

I don't think so.

And I don't think you exist, but that is just plain wrong isn't it?

Quote from: Vongeo on April 12, 2011, 06:28:10 PM

Quote from: Oracle on April 12, 2011, 02:37:59 PM

Quote from: Vongeo on April 12, 2011, 02:13:02 PM

What did he orbit?

Please read:

Quote

In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

I don't think so.

And I don't think you exist, but that is just plain wrong isn't it?

Oh entirely not so, I've tried my whole life to not exist. To transcend some defintion of what it is to be. Its quite bettering (though it does give you a false sense of being better than everyone else(and its quite crushing when you realise you can't do something like spell superiorty). In fact, my irregulatoin in existance makes me think in a lacking of others existance. This semi-deep construct of knowledge makes me beleive the earth is flat. Not to say I couldn't think it was round in my mindset. Ethos i think.

Inb4 Parsifal and his timezone.

Quote from: Oracle on April 12, 2011, 02:37:59 PM

Quote from: Vongeo on April 12, 2011, 02:13:02 PM

What did he orbit?

Please read:

Quote

In 108 minutes, he circled the Earth, passing over the Pacific Ocean, the Straits of Magellan, the Atlantic and Africa before Voystok 1 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and landed near Engels, Russia.

I don't think so.

Why not?  I've not quoted anything that denies a FE... is it not possible that he could have gone high enough to get caught in the current of Universal Acceleration and orbited around the disk of the earth if his altitude was sufficiently high enough in a circular path above the flat surface?

Besides.  Horatio only asked for Empirical Evidence, and I've provided it.  It is up to you whether or not you choose to examine that evidence and determine its worth to you.

he was shot into the air he did not orbit the earth. he eartth was spinning so he still haz no evidence tht the earth is round

If the flat earth was rotating at one rotation per 108 min that would produce a measurable centrifugal force would it not?

Yes; which is not observed. Which is why no serious theorist proposes such a rotation.

Yes; which is not observed. Which is why no serious theorist proposes such a rotation.

Thus... He circled the earth rather than the earth circling him.  Hence, an orbit.